- Published
- Source
- European Data Protection Board Official
- Filed under
- Data breaches, Privacy, Regulation
Background information Date of final decision: 2 October 2026 National case Controller: Xandr Inc. Legal References: Article 6 (Lawfulness of processing), Article 9 (Processing of special categories of personal data) Decision: Administrative fine Key words: Fines, Basic principles, Marketing, Online platforms Summary of the Decision Origin of the case The case started in 2020 when the Norwegian Consumer Council lodged a complaint against the advertising technology company Xandr (at the time AppNexus, now a part of Microsoft) with the Norwegian…
What it means for organisations
- Know what personal data you hold, where it lives and who can reach it – most obligations start there.
- Collect only what you need, and be able to say why you hold it and for how long.
- Report a serious personal data breach to the ICO within 72 hours of becoming aware of it.
MyCyberWay training
Compliance · part of our training
Regulation lands on the security team. We teach how it works day to day.
Compliance runs through our programmes: how ISO 27001 and NIST requirements land on daily SOC tasks and audit evidence in Blue Team Analyst, and designing controls to ISO 27001 Annex A, NIST CSF 2.0, CIS v8 and Cyber Essentials Plus in Blue Team Engineer – with risk assessment and a properly written risk register.
- ISO 27001 Annex A and NIST CSF 2.0
- CIS Controls v8 and Cyber Essentials Plus
- Audit evidence with Purview and Intune
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