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April 21, 2022

EP inquiry committee for Pegasus and other spyware launched

On Tuesday, Parliament’s new inquiry committee investigating the use of Pegasus and other spyware had its first meeting, electing a Chair and three Vice-Chairs.

April 20, 2022

Senior EU officials were targeted with Israeli spyware

Senior officials at the European Commission were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm.

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April 20, 2022

Face scanner Clearview AI aims to branch out beyond police

Company is looking to launch a new business venture to compete with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft in verifying people’s identity using facial recognition.

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April 20, 2022

Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms

The landmark web scraping case was bounced back to the Ninth Circuit by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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April 19, 2022

EDPB concerned about reforms for Belgian DPA

The European Data Protection Board expressed concerns about proposed legislative developments that would affect the Belgian Data Protection Authority.

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April 19, 2022

Videoconferencing apps may listen even when mic is off

The researchers found that all of the videoconferencing apps they tested occasionally gather raw audio data while mute is activated.

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April 19, 2022

Technology used in the justice system is outpacing scrutiny and regulation

The report acknowledges the potential of these technologies but warns against the pace of their deployment and the absence of appropriate safeguards.

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April 19, 2022

DMA: significant additions made it into the final text

The long-waited final text for the Digital Markets Act contains some unexpected last-minute changes.

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April 19, 2022

Dutch DPA fines the tax authorities €3.7 million

The Dutch DPA fined the tax authorities €3.7 million because of the years of illegal processing of personal data in the blacklist.

April 18, 2022

Google must investigate links for false information, says top EU court adviser

If someone asks for links to be removed from Google because they are false, the company must look into the claim, said an adviser to the European Court of Justice.