Latest enforcement actions undertaken by EU DPAs
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office fined two energy companies a combined GBP250,000 for making illegal marketing phone calls to citizens and entities on the country's 'do not call' register. Maxen Power Supply and Crown Glazing were fined GBP120,000 and GBP130,000, respectively. France's data protection authority, Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, fined clairvoyance session hosting website operator KG COM 120,000 euros for EU General Data Protection Regulation violations including "the systematic recording of phone calls, the collection of health data and information." CNIL also issued a 30,000 euro fine for noncompliance with the French Data Protection Act through its use of cookies. The Netherlands data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, is seeking further clarification from OpenAI about how its generative artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT handles personal information. Sweden's data protection authority,