European Commission hit by EU court fine after breaking own data privacy rules

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News Summary

  • The European Commission has been forced to pay a 400 euro ($412) fine to a German citizen for breaking its own data protection regulations
  • The German citizen used a “Sign in with Facebook’ option on an EU conference registration page which subsequently sent information on the citizens’ IP address, web browser, and device to Meta Platforms and Amazon in the US
  • The EU General Court concluded the European Commission had transferred personal data to the United States without proper safeguards
European Commission fined for breaking GDPREU General Court levies fine for failing to protect EU dataA German citizen was paid 400 eurosThe European Commission [+2300 chars]

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