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Uber drivers sue for data on secret profiling and automated decision-making — VentureBeat

Uber drivers in Europe are suing for access to more of the personal data the company collects on them, as permitted by the EU’s...

GDPR fines total €56M in first year as Facebook faces 11 investigations — 9To5Mac

The stats are in for the first year of GDRP, Europe’s gold-standard data privacy law. GDPR fines totalled €56M, with more than 200,000 investigations,...

Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in lawsuits on day one of GDPR — The Verge

Day one of GDPR enforcement, and Facebook and Google have already been hit with a series of lawsuits. The Verge's Russell Brandom writes, the lawsuits...

IBM study: Majority of businesses view GDPR as opportunity to improve data privacy/security

According to a study by IBM, nearly 60 percent of organizations surveyed are embracing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an opportunity to improve privacy, security, data management or as catalyst for new business models.

How Europe’s new privacy rule is reshaping the internet — The Verge

From Google to Slack, companies are quietly updating terms, rewriting contracts, and rolling out new personal data tools, Russell Brandom writes in The Verge. Here...