Swedish presidency tries to close in on the Data Act
New compromise on the Data Act touching on scope, trade secrets, business-to-government (B2G) data access, international transfers, and compensation, etc.
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TikTok CEO seeks to reassure on EU rules on privacy, child safety
TikTok CEO on a visit to Brussels sought to reassure theEU the app would respect the bloc’s tech rules and commitments to privacy and child safety.
Facebook and Instagram to restrict advertisers’ access to teenagers’ data
From February advertisers will no longer be able to see young users’ gender or type of posts they have engaged with.
EU court rules Airbnb must provide rental info to tax authorities
Short-term accommodation services company Airbnb must provide information in rental contracts to tax authorities and withhold tax under a national regime.
Microsoft launches EU ‘data boundary’ from next year
Pitches storage, cloudy software compliance to twitchy EU customers thinking about GDPR.
Experts Condemn The UK Online Safety Bill As Harmful To Privacy And Encryption
The UK Online Safety Bill is a deeply flawed censorship proposal that would allow UK residents to be thrown in jail for what they say online.
Safety of property can be a legitimate interest for GPS tracking
The Slovenian DPA confirmed that providing safety of property can be in a legitimate interest of the data controller, but but must be appropriate and necessary.
EU wants Airbnb, rivals to share bookings data with authorities
Under the proposed rules, Airbnb and its peers will have to share data about the number of guests and rented nights with public authorities.
Data Breaches Rise By 70% Globally in Q3 2022
Russia had the most breaches overall and France had the highest breach density.
TikTok privacy update in Europe confirms China staff access to data as GDPR probe continues
TikTok for the first time in its privacy policy for the first time names China as one of several third countries where user data can be remotely accessed from.
CNIL fines Clearview AI with 20 million euros
French data protection authority CNIL imposed a penalty of 20 million euros and ordered Clearview AI to stop collecting and using data on individuals in France.
Man takes court challenge over retention of church data
A man launched proceedings over the Data Protection Commission’s failure to investigate the Church’s refusal to destroy records it has about him.