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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.

May 25, 2023

TikTok faces EU scrutiny on kids’ privacy

European regulators are about to make a ruling on whether TikTok has breached the GDPR by failing to protect children’s data.

May 22, 2023

1.2 billion euro fine for Facebook as a result of EDPB binding decision

Irish DPA has issued a record fine of €1.2 billion to Meta, for violations related to the transfer of users’ personal data from the EU to the US.

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May 19, 2023

Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio communications

Ddocument reveals that the majority of the EU countries are in favor of expanding the scanning of private messages to audio communications for detecting CSAM.

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May 18, 2023

75% of Ireland’s GDPR decisions since 2018 overruled

EDPB has overruled a whopping 75% of decisions made by the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) in EU cases.

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May 18, 2023

CJEU’s Advocate General Issues Opinion on Concept of Controller, Joint Controller, Processor, and Administrative Fines

Advocate General released an opinion on the concepts of “controller”, “joint controller” and “processor”, and also liability system established by the GDPR.

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 17, 2023

EU lawyers say plan to scan private messages for child abuse may be unlawful

As the EU considers a new law requiring screening of encrypted messages for child abuse content, internal legal advice has raised doubts about its lawfulness.

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May 10, 2023

MEPs to vote on proposed ban on ‘Big Brother’ AI facial recognition on streets

European Parliament will vote on a proposed amendment to Article 5 of the Artificial Intelligence Act, which seeks to bar the use of live facial recognition technology on public streets.