Dutch money laundering amendments to prompt greater AI use in transaction monitoring
Proposed amendments to the Dutch anti money laundering law will enable more banks to combine and analyse their customers’ payment data.
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Mobile-App Privacy Nutrition Labels Missing Key Ingredients for Success
Android and iOS privacy labels confuse developers and end users.
Data Breaches Rise By 70% Globally in Q3 2022
Russia had the most breaches overall and France had the highest breach density.
First Settlement Decisions by Belgian Data Protection Authority
Belgian DPA issued its first settlement decisions whereby the cases for alleged cookie infringements were settled by means of payment of 10.000 EUR per case.
Dutch MEP says illegal spyware ‘a grave threat to democracy’
European Commission wears ‘velvet gloves’ when dealing with spyware used on citizens, says chief of inquiry on hacking software such as Pegasus.
MEPs discuss Artificial Intelligence definition, governance
The definition of Artificial Intelligence and how the new EU’s rulebook for this emerging technology will be implemented is the focus of a political meeting.
Apple Apps Track You Even With Privacy Protections on
An independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”
Global data privacy regulators set resolution on facial recognition at annual meeting
Data privacy regulators agree to a resolution that personal information should be used for facial recognition only in accordance with a set of six principles.
Ireland-led GDPR probe of Yahoo’s cookie banners moves to draft decision review
Ireland’s DPA concluded nvestigation into Yahoo in relation to cookie banners displayed on its media properties and submitted a draft decision to other EU DPAs for review.
125k people scanned by police cameras in London resulting in just nine arrrests
Facial recognition cameras have scanned the faces of more than 125,000 people in London in a little over a year, but resulted in just nine arrrests.
TikTok privacy update in Europe confirms China staff access to data as GDPR probe continues
TikTok for the first time in its privacy policy for the first time names China as one of several third countries where user data can be remotely accessed from.
The risk of losing our EU data adequacy agreement is real
While some welcome the shake up of the UK’s data protection regime, government should be wary of drifting too far from the EU GDPR.