U.S. Data Broker Faces Fine in Italy Over Privacy Violations

Italy's data protection authority has fined US-based data broker Lusha Systems €2 million for violating the GDPR. The authority found the company unlawfully collected and processed personal data of Italian residents, including through scraping social networks and purchasing from other data brokers.

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