A draft decision from Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner endorsing Facebook’s legal basis for processing personal data has been met with criticism by a data protection activist who says the platform is trying to bypass EU privacy laws.
During its latest plenary, the EDPB decided to set up a taskforce to coordinate the response to complaints concerning cookie banners.
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published draft guidelines on codes of conduct for personal data transfers for consultation.
The EDPB adopted its first urgent binding decision pursuant to Art. 66(2) GDPR.
There have been further calls from EU institutions to outlaw biometric surveillance in public.
The EU Cloud Code of Conduct, which aims to help IT buyers source GDPR-compliant cloud services, has found favour with the European Data Protection Board.
The European Commission should amend its draft decision on UK data protection to bring it in line with EU court rulings and the opinions of the EU privacy supervisor.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted a joint opinion on the Proposals for a Digital Green Certificate.
On March 12, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its Guidelines 01/2021 on Virtual Voice Assistants (VVA) for consultation.
European Data Protection Board released draft Guidelines on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification.
The EDPB and EDPS have adopted joint opinions on two sets of contractual clauses (SCCs). One opinion on the SCCs for contracts between controllers and processors and one on the SCCs for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
Confusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp’s terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italy’s data protection agency.