data

July 18, 2023

Thanks to Threads, Meta just got bigger. Should we be concerned?

Amid concerns over data protection compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Meta has postponed the launch of its new app, Threads, within the EU.

June 18, 2023

Italian DPA requests information from TikTok on access to data from China

Garante has issued a request for information to TikTok in response to reports detailing possible breaches by former executives.

June 12, 2023

French Senate questions TikTok representatives

French Senate convened to interrogate two representatives of TikTok France.

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June 12, 2023

UK and U.S. Announce Commitment to “Data Bridge”

US and UK announced their intent to forge a data bridge between the two countries.

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June 10, 2023

Europe fixed its poor intelligence sharing. Now it’s a privacy risk.

Europe struggled with inadequate sharing of information when combating terrorism. Now the fear led to excessive sharing of data and potential breaches of privacy.

June 5, 2023

Dutch consumer group filing class-action suit against Google for privacy violations

The Dutch consumer rights groups are fighting Google to cease their collection and sale of users’ data without their express consent.

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May 31, 2023

Britain to crack down on unauthorised AI data collection

ICO is taking steps to ensure that data protection laws are upheld when using AI.

May 17, 2023

European Parliament Adopts EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Resolution

EU Parliament adopted a resolution deeming the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to be inadequate in providing the protection demanded by EU data protection law.

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May 9, 2023

CJUE rules on the right to obtain a copy of personal data under the GDPR

With this decision CJEU clarifies the right to obtain a copy of personal data provided by article 15 of GDPR.

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May 9, 2023

Government will not say if spyware is used to monitor Irish citizens

Ireland won’t reveal whether it spys on its citizens.

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May 2, 2023

EU General Court Clarifies When Pseudonymized Data is Considered Personal Data

EU Court emphasized that the transmission of pseudonymized data to a data recipient will not be considered personal data if the recipient cannot re-identify the data subjects.