SypherPrivacyTalks - April 2025 - Week 15
by Sypher | Published in News - April 07, 2025
Welcome to #SypherPrivacyTalks — Your news and article roundup. Bringing you the top privacy & compliance stories of the week.
EU to ease GDPR burdens on businesses
🏛️ The EU appears set to soften its flagship data protection legislation, the GDPR, as part of a wider initiative to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses. The proposal, expected in the next few weeks, aims to streamline compliance procedures, with a particular focus on easing requirements for small and medium-sized businesses across the bloc.… read more
TikTok faces €500 million fine for illegally shipping European user data to China
💶 TikTok's parent company ByteDance is facing a potential fine of more than €500 million from the Irish Data Protection Commission for allegedly transferring European user data to China, in breach of GDPR regulations… read more
All in? – the CJEU decided on GDPR fines for undertakings
🏘️ Being a member of a group provides financial stability and strategic coordination benefits. But how does this affect the calculation of GDPR fines? This analysis of the CJEU's recent ruling examines the significant impact of corporate group structures in determining fines for data protection infringements… read more
NOYB takes Swedish tax authority to court for selling people’s personal data
💥Sweden's tax authority is controversially selling citizens' sensitive personal data - including social security numbers, income and property values - to commercial brokers who publish it online, in contrast to the more restricted approach to such information in most countries. After a citizen's request to stop the practice was rejected, despite a Supreme Court ruling calling for a balance between transparency and privacy, advocacy group NOYB is now suing the authority for violating the GDPR.… read more
Amazon's privacy ultimatum starts today: Let echo devices process your data or stop using Alexa
🤖 From 28 March, owners of Echo smart speakers and Echo Show displays will no longer be able to prevent their voice recordings from being sent to Amazon for analysis. This worrying shift in privacy policy creates a troubling ultimatum for consumers - forcing them to choose between preserving their privacy or continuing to use these devices altogether..... read more
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