European Privacy and Antitrust Regulators Join Forces on Corporate Data
Companies are bracing for more regulatory scrutiny in 2022 as U.K. and European Union watchdogs in antitrust and data privacy collaborate.
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China harvests masses of data on Western targets
Hundreds of projects show that Chinea is gathering data from sites including Twitter and Facebook to track perceived threats.
Google Patent Describes How Its Technology Authorizes Transfer Of Data Without Cookies
Google registered a patent for a web browser-based API that can control authorization of data transmissions and attribute a click withoutusing cookies.
German DPA Guidelines Impose Strict Limitations on Cookies
The German Data Protection Conference (DSK) issued guidance on the Federal Act on the Regulation of Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (‘TTDSG’).
Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?
Privacy groups sounded alarms about the coin-sized location-tracking devices when they were introduced. Now people are concerned those fears are being realized.
DuckDuckGo is working on a privacy-focused desktop browser
The desktop app will work just like its mobile equivalent.
EU Parliament Gives Green Light to Digital Markets Act
On December 15, 2021, the European Parliament adopted its position on the proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA), ahead of negotiations with the Council of the European Union.
Court suspends the execution of the injunctions against the Amazon
The president of the administrative court issued an order partially granting the request made by the company Amazon Europe Core S.AR.L. tending to suspend the execution of the decision of July 15, 2021 of the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD).
European Commission Adopts South Korea Adequacy Decision
The European Commission announced that it had adopted its adequacy decision on the Republic of Korea.
The CNIL orders Clearview AI to stop reusing photographs available on the Internet
The CNIL chair has ordered the company to cease this illegal processing and to delete the data within two months.
Adtech vendors still tracking EU users who deny consent via IAB’s TCF
The new study throws doubt on the claim that if a user says ‘no’ to tracking/behavioral ads via the IAB’s TCF, the adtech industry respectfully falls into line.
Nearly 50,000 Facebook users may have been targets of private surveillance
Facebook is notifying nearly 50,000 users in more than 100 countries that they may have been targets of hacking attempts by private surveillance companies working for government agencies