MWC’s organizer slapped with GDPR fine over biometrics ID checks due diligence

Conferences and other in-person events rushing to impose facial recognition on attendees in Europe without doing the necessary due diligence over data protection risks beware: The organizers of the global connectivity industry shindig, Mobile World Congress (MWC), which takes place annually in Barcelona, have been fined €200,000 (~$224k) by Spain’s data protection watchdog over a breach of privacy rules during the show’s 2021 edition.
In an 8-page decision (PDF in Spanish) dismissing an appeal by MWC’s organizer, the GSMA, against the infringement finding, the Agencia Españo

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