Information about our health, our food preferences, our friends and family: without realizing it, we can entrust a lot of personal data to voice assistants. The CNIL conducted an experiment with three students. Field experience with the general public Accompanied by the Federation of Social Centers of Vendée and their mobile café, the CNIL went to a public square in La Roche-sur-Yon to offer several passers-by the chance to chat with Germain, “a new voice assistant using artificial intelligence ” . Intrigued by the…
Read morePOLISH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: Seminar “Health Protection in Employment and GDPR” – Summary
On November 15, 2024, the seminar “Health Protection in Employment and GDPR” was held, organized by the Personal Data Protection Office, the Social Team of Experts under the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, and the Lewiatan Confederation. As emphasized at the outset by Mirosław Wróblewski, President of the Personal Data Protection Office, the conclusions gathered during the seminar dedicated to the processing of personal data in employment will help the supervisory authority’s specialists better understand the legal and…
Read moreCROATIAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: New administrative fines were issued in the total amount of 270,700 euros
The Personal Data Protection Agency imposed 12 new administrative fines in the total amount of 270,700 euros for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Law on the Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation. Due to a series of violations of the General Data Protection Regulation, a fine of EUR 190,000 was imposed on the Special Hospital as the data controller. The Agency has received several requests to determine the violation of the right to the protection…
Read moreFRENCH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: Health data: €800,000 fine against CEGEDIM SANTÉ
On September 5, 2024, the CNIL fined CEGEDIM SANTÉ €800,000, in particular for processing health data without authorization. The context The company CEGEDIM SANTÉ publishes and sells management software to general practitioners working in private practices and health centers. Around 25,000 medical practices and 500 health centers use this software. It allows doctors to manage their schedules, their patients’ files and their prescriptions. The inspections carried out by the CNIL in 2021 revealed in particular that, in the context of…
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