EU privacy rule governing data use and transfers
BrewDog’s founder James Watt has tabled a bid to reacquire the Scottish craft beer business he co-founded, via a new firm, Second Best. The move follows Tilray’s rescue of BrewDog earlier this year and the company’s subsequent administration, which closed bars and left investors out of pocket. The ICO is reviewing potential GDPR concerns over shareholder data.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has imposed an €825 million fine on Uber for GDPR violations involving automated decision-making that suspended drivers from 2018 to 2022, with human review and appeal processes underscored by regulators.