DSA: France seeks compromise on targeted advertising, marketplaces, systemic risks
the French Presidency of the European Council proposed a compromise on some critical issues of the Digital Services Act (DSA) to the other member states.
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Security experts fear the DMA will break WhatsApp encryption
For messaging apps, that would mean letting end-to-end encrypted services like WhatsApp mingle with less secure protocols like SMS.
EU and US to intensify negotiations on transatlantic data flow
U.S. Government and the European Commission have decided to intensify negotiations on an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework.
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.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
MEPs discuss GDPR implementation
MEPs and guest speakers took stock of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implementation
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.