📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: April 24, 2025
🔹 EU Fines Meta & Apple Under DMA –
The European Commission hits Meta with a €200M fine and Apple with €500M for violating the Digital Markets Act. This challenges the future of “consent-or-pay” models across Europe.
🔹 UK Law Firm Fined Over Ransomware Handling –
ICO fines a UK law firm £60,000 for poor response to a ransomware incident. The breach left sensitive data inaccessible reaffirming that loss of availability is a serious privacy violation.
🔹 NOYB Criticizes GDPR Reform –
Max Schrems’ NOYB blasts the EU’s new procedural reform proposal, warning it could delay enforcement by 33 months and weaken GDPR’s effectiveness.