Austrian Supreme Court Says GDPR Lawsuits Can Be Filed Throughout EU
The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled that complaints concerning the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be brought anywhere […]
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Civil liberties group challenges ‘Bulk hacking’ by UK spy agencies
“Bulk hacking” powers exploited by the intelligence services to access electronic devices represent an illegal intrusion into the private lives […]
EU Council adopts conclusions on data retention to fight crime
The Council adopted conclusions on the way forward with regard to the retention of electronic communication data for the purpose […]
FRA publishes paper on Quality vital for data-driven artificial intelligence
Algorithms, used in machine learning and artificial intelligence, are responsible for analysing the data and making these decisions. Therefore, a […]
New tool helps travelers avoid airlines that use facial recognition technology
A new tool launched by privacy activists offers to help travelers avoid increasingly invasive facial recognition technologies in airports. Activist […]
Swedish DPA digs into Spotify’s responses to SARs
The Swedish data protection authority – Datainspektionen – had initiated a review of Spotify Technology S.A.’s responses to data subject access requests (SARs). […]
Hungarian GDPR amendments act enters into force
On 26 April 2019, the Act XXXIV of 2019 on the Legislative Amendments Implementing the European Union Data Protection Reform […]
Lithuanian DPA launches investigation into D-Link
In response to publicly available information, the Lithuanian data protection authority – State Data Protection Inspectorate – launched an self-initiated […]
France enacts Decree on application of data protection
On 1 June 2019 Decree No. 2019-536 of 29 May 2019 Enacted For the Application of Act No. 78-17 of 6 […]
The New York Times analysed 150 Privacy Policies of popular services
The New York Times analysed 150 Privacy Policies of popular services. The average policy took 18 minutes to finish and required […]
Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
A legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by thousands of companies to authorize data transfers from […]
Cybersecurity certification gets an EU revamp
A new EU Regulation on cybersecurity promises a more coordinated approach across Europe. The new law will set up a framework […]