IAB Europe fined $286K under GDPR for data processing violations
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Kyle Brasseur2022-02-07T15:34:00
The European arm of the Interactive Advertising Bureau was fined €250,000 (U.S. $286,000) by the Belgian Data Protection Authority for data privacy violations regarding its Transparency and Consent Framework.
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