GDPR News

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December 7, 2022

Council adopts common position on Artificial Intelligence Act

Artificial Intelligence Act: Council calls for promoting safe AI that respects fundamental rights.

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December 6, 2022

9 Out of 10 Security Leaders State That Control Failures Are the Primary Reason For Data Breaches

Senior cybersecurity professionals reveal their number one frustration is the inability to continuously measure enterprise-wide security posture and identify control failures.

December 6, 2022

Apple Faces Critics Over Its Privacy Policies

Developers claimed that Apple was tracking users’ every tap on the App Store, with no way of disabling the function.

November 30, 2022

Microsoft 365 faces darkening GDPR compliance clouds after German report

German DPAs has found Microsoft has still not been able to resolve any of its cloud-based 365 productivity products compliance problems they’ve raised with it

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November 29, 2022

$275M Fine for Meta After Facebook Data Scrape

Meta has been found in violation of Europe’s GDPR rules requiring the social media giant to protect user data by “design and default.”

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November 28, 2022

Facial recognition technology ‘inappropriate for policing,’ say privacy rights advocates

Irish Council for Civil Liberties and academics raise concerns about plans for law to enable technology that is banned for policing in other countries.

November 28, 2022

Meta Calls For UK Govt Rethink Over Plans To Scrap EU Laws

Facebook owner Meta is urging UK lawmakers considering legislation to scrap all retained European Union laws by 2024 to maintain some e-commerce rules.