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TikTok Loses First Appeal Against £12.7M ICO Fine, Faces Second Investigation by DPC
This has not been a great week for TikTok. It lost one round against a UK fine and the Irish DPC has opened yet another investigation into their transfer and storage of data in China. Elizabeth Greenberg reports: TikTok has lost its first round of appeals against the UK Information Commissioner’s Office £12.7m fine issued…
German court offers EUR 5000 compensation for data breaches caused by Meta
Aurora Munteanu reports: The Leipzig District Court has awarded Facebook users EUR 5000 in compensation for data protection violations from Meta’s Business Tools. This marks a significant precedent in European privacy enforcement. The German court offered the judgment on July 4th, 2025, finding that Meta Platforms Ireland Limited breached the General Data Protection Regulation through its extensive tracking…
How to Build on Washington’s “My Health, My Data” Act
Adam Schwartz of EFF writes: In 2023, the State of Washington enacted one of the strongest consumer data privacy laws in recent years: the “my health my data” act (HB 1155). EFF commends the civil rights, data privacy, and reproductive justice advocates who worked to pass this law. This post suggests ways for legislators and advocates in…