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Notable privacy and internet-freedom events from the past four years, most recent first. Tap any entry for more.
AEPD 2024 Enforcement Reaches €35M
Spain's AEPD fines totaled 35.6 million euros in 2024, a 19.4% increase over 2023, across 281 penalty resolutions; the largest fines hit energy, insurance and banking firms, and the agency also suspended Worldcoin's iris-scan operations.
Spain Unveils 'Cartera Digital Beta' Age-Verification Wallet
Spain presented Cartera Digital Beta, a government-issued mobile wallet holding an age-of-majority credential for access to adult content, designed to align with eIDAS 2.0 and intended as a first step toward a national digital identity wallet.
Spanish Court Blocks Telegram Briefly
A Spanish judge temporarily ordered the nationwide blocking of Telegram during a copyright dispute with media companies, before suspending the order after public outcry.
AEPD Orders Worldcoin to Stop Processing Biometric Data
Spain's data protection authority AEPD issued an emergency order blocking Worldcoin from processing iris scans, citing risks to fundamental rights; other EU regulators followed with similar restrictions.
Irish DPC Fines TikTok 345M Euros After Spanish Complaints
The Irish Data Protection Commission, acting as lead EU regulator on complaints routed to it by Spain's AEPD and others, fined TikTok 345 million euros over its handling of children's accounts and default settings.
Spain Creates AESIA, the EU's First National AI Regulator
Royal Decree 729/2023 established AESIA, the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence, making Spain the first EU member state with a dedicated AI regulator; the agency began operating in June 2024, ahead of the EU AI Act taking effect.
Spain's CNI Director Fired Over Pegasus
Following the Pegasus revelations, Prime Minister Sanchez dismissed the head of Spain's intelligence agency (CNI) Paz Esteban amid the fallout over spying on Catalan political figures.
CatalanGate Pegasus Spyware Scandal
Citizen Lab revealed that at least 65 Catalan politicians, activists, and their family members had been targeted with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware; weeks later the Spanish government disclosed that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's phone had also been infected.
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