GDPR News

March 25, 2022

UK proposes rules to protect against anonymous online trolls

The two new duties will require service providers to give users the ability to block anonymous trolls and opt out of seeing harmful content.

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March 25, 2022

Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’

The College of Policing published a guide for police officers to make sure use of live facial recognition technology is ‘legal and ethical’.

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March 24, 2022

DPC publishes statistical report on handling of cross-border complaints under GDPR’s One-Stop-Shop (OSS)

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published a statistical report on the DPC’s handling of cross-border complaints under the GDPR’s One-Stop-Shop (OSS) mechanism.

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March 24, 2022

US Supreme Court just made a US-EU Privacy Shield agreement even harder

The justices gave the U.S. government more latitude to invoke “state secrets” in surveillance cases.

March 24, 2022

Google maneuvers toward new user-tracking norms

The future of the user-tracking landscape for advertising technology companies was supposed to be cleared up this year.

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March 24, 2022

DSA: French Presidency pitches compromise on dark patterns, minors, compensation

French Presidency prepared a compromise text of Digital Services Act (DSA) on dark patterns, protection of minors and compensations

March 24, 2022

Leaked opinion of the Commission sets off alarm bells for mass surveillance of private communications

The Opinion of a Commission review board about proposal for a ‘Legislation to effectively tackle child sexual abuse’ shows strong concerns.

March 21, 2022

MEPs discuss GDPR implementation

MEPs and guest speakers took stock of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implementation

March 21, 2022

Instagram is rolling out new parental supervision tools

Instagram is rolling out new tools that parents can use to help monitor and limit their kids’ usage of the photo-sharing app.

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March 21, 2022

EU negotiators prepare to close in on Digital Markets Act

The EU institutions have been working towards an agreement on the gatekeeper obligations, scope and governance ahead of what might be the final high-level meeting.