The platform belonging to Microsoft She had already been warned, but she still continued with the non-compliance. If you ignore sanctions and regulations, the violation may grow and become more severe.
The Data Protection Commission Ireland (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Unionconsidered that “the consent obtained by LinkedIn” for the use of its users’ data “was not given freelynor was it sufficiently informed or specific, nor unambiguous.
But that’s not the only thing. It was determined that the social network must also adapt your personal data processing to what the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The LinkedIn Disclaimer
LinkedIn stated in a statement that it “believes that GDPR compliant“, but assured that it is “working to ensure that its advertising practices comply” with the decision of the Irish regulator.
Only in 2018, a French association that defends Internet users filed five collective complaints against the platform. This same board also denounced other giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazonaccusing them of illegally exploit personal data of its users without their consent.
The complaints were initially lodged with the French data protection agency (the CNIL), before being transferred to the Irish regulator.
According to this, the American platform did not comply with the basic data protection regulation in personalized advertising matterwhich consists of using the information provided or observed by users to offer you personalized ads.
The regulatory body has already imposed several fines on technology companies, at a time when the EU is trying to impose a framework on privacy, competition, misinformation and taxation. Therefore, LinkdeIn is not the only one.
Recently, in September of this year, he fined Goal with €91 million per not applying security measures suitable for protecting user passwords
Other causes that, according to what they indicate, gave rise to the company Mark Zuckerberg be sanctioned, it was for taking too long to alert the regulator of the problem.
Ireland It is a country that houses the European headquarters of several of the world’s technological powers, such as Microsoft, Apple, Google and Metamatrix Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Uber fined for leaking driver data
This same year, the transport company Uber She was also sanctioned for violating the same type of rules. The Dutch data protection authority fined him €290 millionsome US$324 millionfor transfer to its headquarters in USA the personal data of European drivers without sufficient protection.
The transfers are a “serious breach” of the European Union’s general data protection regulation (GDPR), the Dutch regulator said.
“Uber did not meet the requirements of the GDPR to guarantee the level of protection for data transferred to the United States”The president of the organization, Aleid Wolfsen, said in a statement, considering that “it is very serious.”
According to the Dutch authority, Uber collected sensitive information from European drivers, including taxi licenses, location data, photos, payment details, identity documents, “and in some cases even criminal and medical data.”
Source: Ambito
