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Norway DPA fines Grindr NOK 65 million for invalid consent

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Norwegian DPA issues record fine to (now Microsoft-owned) ad service company Xandr: €8.6 million (🇳🇴92m) for illegally processing special category personal data.

Oct 12, 2026

CJEU C-604/22 IAB Europe TC String 7 Mar 2024

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Jan 23, 2026

Luxembourg DPA fines Amazon Europe €746m

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13 March 2026: Amazon with big win – a Luxembourg appeals court has overturned the €746 million fine and referred the case back to the DPA.

Jan 1, 2026

'Pay or OK' – 'Consent or Pay' resources

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Meta to launch new model in Jan | ICO shares guidance for the public

Dec 8, 2025

🇮🇪 DPC fines LinkedIn €310m for illegal behavioural analysis and targeted advertising ('BA & TA')

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Key takaways: Lack of lawful basis = loss of control = 'significant damage', lawful bases are notoriously tricky to get right, and most have lots to gain in improving information and transparency. Full decision = a key lesson on legitimate interest and LIAs.

Jan 22, 2025

CJEU C-446/21 Schrems (Communication of data to the general public) 4 Oct 2024

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Dec 8, 2024

My Meta Pay or Okay experience - now they're cutting the price with 40%

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Latest: Meta reduces sub prices and offers new free choice with less personalised ads, claiming it "goes beyond what is required in the law". 💸 And gets huge fines: €797.72m from the 🇪🇺 EC for antitrust violations and $25.4m from 🇮🇳 India's competition authority for 2021 privacy notice failures.

Nov 15, 2024

CJEU C-252/21 Meta Platforms and Others (General terms of use of a social network) 'Bundeskartellamt' 4 Jul 2023

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Nov 13, 2024

EDPB's controversial ‘Consent or Pay’ Opinion is here

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[Updated 24 April with highlighted file + 🎙️] Is the EDPB trying to "rewrite the entire economic model of Big Tech and the adtech industry in the EU"? 🤔 Controversial Opinion just published!

Apr 24, 2024

Norway DPA warns site tracking investigations 🧐

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⏰ Datatilsynet will soon start investigating non-compliant tracking technologies. If you use Meta Pixel or similar, it's time for website due diligence!

Dec 21, 2023

EDPB publishes Urgent Binding Decision regarding Meta

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NB! This post was updated later with two key items: the actual EDPB decision and the DPC's Enforcement notice.

Dec 7, 2023

The EDPB extends the Meta ban to the entire EEA permanently

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The EDPB makes the Norwegian DPA's ban on Meta's behavioural advertising on Facebook and Instagram permanent and extends it to the entire EEA

Oct 31, 2023