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Administrative Court annuls €746 million fine against Amazon in GDPR case

The Administrative Court has annulled a substantial fine imposed on Amazon by the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD), citing procedural failures in how the penalty was calculated.

The case concerns a €746 million fine issued by the CNPD in July 2021 against Amazon. While the court confirmed that violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) had indeed occurred, it found that the CNPD had failed to properly examine whether the breaches resulted from intentional or negligent conduct.

According to the ruling, the data protection authority had issued the penalty almost automatically, without conducting the required assessment of fault. The court noted that case law from the European Court of Justice explicitly mandates such an examination. As a result, the Administrative Court has annulled the fine and ordered the CNPD to reassess the case.

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• In response to a chronic shortage of space for craft businesses, the government has unveiled plans to convert the bankrupt Liberty Steel site in Dudelange into a dedicated hub for the sector.
• Iranian officials led a pro-government rally as explosions rocked Tehran today,
• Luxembourg police are appealing for the public’s help in locating a 52-year-old Andreas Marx, who has been missing for several days.
• Notorious narco trafficker, Sebastian Marset, who eluded police across Latin America for years and was on the US most-wanted list, has been arrested today in Bolivia, a government source told AFP.
• US airport security officers missed their first full paycheck as a partial funding shutdown of the government approached the one-month mark, with no breakthrough in a congressional standoff that is beginning to disrupt travel across the country.
• Law professor Luc Heuschling told RTL on Friday that the University of Luxembourg is failing to meet the country’s needs and requires structural reforms.
• The US economy grew at a significantly slower pace than initially estimated for the final months of 2025,
  

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Pétange to celebrate 69th carnival cavalcade on Sunday

• The festivities begin at midday at the Place John F. Kennedy, with music and performances to thrill onlookers until the parade starts.
• The traditional parade departs Porte de Lamadelaine at 2.11pm, following a 2.5 kilometre route through Rue de Longwy, Rue de Luxembourg and Rue de l’Eglise.

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