TikTok ‘pauses’ privacy policy switch in Europe after regulatory scrutiny
Privacy experts had also questioned the appropriateness of TikTok using a legitimate interest ground to run behavioral advertising.
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Irish DPC files draft order to halt Meta’s data transfers to US
The Irish DPC informed its EU DPA counterparts of its draft decision to halt Meta’s data flows from the EU to the U.S.
E.U. justice chief ‘confident’ data deal with U.S. will survive legal challenge
“I’m quite confident in the fact that we have a robust solution,” Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said in an interview.
MEPs conclude visit to U.S., discuss data protection
A delegation of seven MEPs visited Washington, D.C. from 23 to 26 May to discuss the state of play on major Civil Liberties Committee topics with U.S. authorities and stakeholders.
Campaigners warn over Privacy Shield enhancements
Schrems III on the cards unless negotiators protect better oversight of US data access requests.
The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending
Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrupting the flow of what has become a kind of digital currency.
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.
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.
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.
Privacy Shield 2.0 is ‘high priority’ but ‘not easy’, warns EU’s Vestager
Agreeing a new agreement with the US is a “high priority” for the EU, but a replacement for the defunct EU-US Privacy Shield is by no means a done deal.
Facebook’s Meta facing order from Irish regulator to suspend data transfers to US
Wide-ranging privacy case has already led to threats from social media giant.
French watchdog rules use of Google Analytics illegal
Although Google has adopted additional measures to regulate data transfers in the context of the Google Analytics functionality, these are not sufficient.