Ireland’s DPA publishes Annual Report 2020
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published its 2020 Annual Report, highlighting key observations, emerging guidance, and large scale inquiries and decisions of 2020.
ePrivacy
CJEU rules electronic communication location data must only be used in investigations of ’serious crime’
Location data drawn from electronic communications must only be used by law enforcement investigations involving ‘serious crimes’ and to prevent ‘serious threats to public security’, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled.
EU ePrivacy Regulation takes a big leap forward to adoption
The Council of the EU has made a surprise announcement that it has approved its negotiating position on the ePrivacy Regulation, which will further reform EU cookie consent and communications content andmetadata rules in the EU.
Portugal proposes new text of ePrivacy Regulation
The Portuguese presidency of the EU has pitched a new text on the controversial ePrivacy regulation, focusing on the processing of communications metadata and data stored on end-user equipment.
An EU parliament website for COVID testing allegedly broke the EU’s privacy laws
The European Parliament is being investigated by the European Data Protection Supervisor after allegations that its COVID testing website didn’t meet EU privacy standards.
Council of the EU Released a New Draft of the ePrivacy Regulation
On January 5, 2021, the Council of the European Union released a new, draft version of the ePrivacy Regulation.
Facebook and Instagram disable features in Europe
The company says some of its messaging features may need to be adapted to comply with EU rules.
Apple hits out at campaign group’s ‘inaccurate’ privacy complaint
Apple has strongly denied claims from privacy campaigners that it has breached Europe’s ePrivacy directive through its Identifier for Advertisers […]
Apple hit with privacy complaints over iPhone tracking tool
A privacy group Noyb has filed complaints with the German and Spanish data protection authorities under the EU’s Cookie Law […]
Industry groups urge Europe to reject privacy proposal
Industry associations GSMA and ETNO called on European Union member states to reject a proposal for tightening rules on communication […]
German Presidency charts new COVID19 ‘metadata’ rules in leaked ePrivacy text
The German EU Council presidency is seeking to permit the processing of metadata in online communications for ‘monitoring epidemics’ or […]
‘Accept cookies’ banners are undermining privacy
Amid the flurry of new privacy laws over the past few years like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies […]