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May 17, 2022

UK to reform data protection, throwing EU adequacy ruling into doubt

The UK’s legislative agenda for the next year includes a data reform bill that could cast doubts on the future of the EU’s data adequacy ruling.

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May 16, 2022

Europe’s GDPR coincides with huge drop in Android apps

Privacy rules increase cost, reduce choice, slash revenues, study concludes. But is it the case?

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May 16, 2022

Privacy advocates urge EU to prohibit ‘biometric mass surveillance’ with AI Act

EDRi and 52 other organizations have written to Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to call for the ban of remote biometric identification in public spaces.

May 10, 2022

Artificial intelligence: MEPs want the EU to be a global standard-setter

European Parliament adopted the final recommendations of its Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA).

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May 9, 2022

Pegasus: MEPs lash out at EU Commission for inaction

MEPs did not hide their bitterness at the Commission’s refusal to formally address the numerous revelations of spying enabled by Pegasus

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May 9, 2022

Big Tech data harvesting comes under fire by world central bank group

A paper published by the world’s main central bank umbrella group has called for individuals and firms to be given more control over the data collected on them.

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May 6, 2022

The EU’s Data Act: data protection must prevail to empower data subjects

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published their Joint Opinion on the proposed Data Act.

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May 6, 2022

Second decision of the Austrian DPA on Google Analytics

The Austrian Data Protection Authority issued a second ruling, finding that Google’s IP anonymization is insufficient for EU – US data transfers.

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May 6, 2022

Microsoft, Apple, and Google Promise to Expand Passwordless Features

The passwordless future just became closer to reality, as Microsoft, Apple, and Google pledged to make passwordless possible across operating systems.