Will Europe’s Privacy Bill of Rights Ever Truly Be Enforced?
GDPR did lead to more transparency about how companies were using data but many of the rights have been nearly impossible to exercise.
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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.
EDPB: Data commissioner did not investigate Facebook with ‘due diligence’
Europe’s senior regulator critical of data protection commission over data collection investigation.
EU leaders fire warning shots at TikTok over privacy
Brussels expects the platform to go the ‘extra mile in respecting EU law’ and regaining trust, says Commissioner Jourová.
Companies use design to take our time, money and personal data
Many companies use deceptive design to hold on to customers, increase sales, or acquire personal data.
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.
EU institutions sign European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles
Presidents of the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council signed the European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles.
Microsoft launches EU ‘data boundary’ from next year
Pitches storage, cloudy software compliance to twitchy EU customers thinking about GDPR.
EDPB adopts statement on CJEU PNR judgment
EDPB adopted a statement on the recent judgment C-817/19 of the CJEU on the use of passenger name record data.
EU justice chief confident new US data pact will survive legal challenge
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders gives a new EU-U.S. data pact a “seven or eight out of 10 chance” of withstanding a legal challenge.
Tracking ads on Twitter puts Musk on a collision course with EU privacy laws
Twitter’s lead privacy regulator in the European Union is being kept very busy indeed by Elon Musk’s erratic piloting of the bird site.
Commission publishes draft adequacy decision for the EU-US
Commission starts process to adopt adequacy decision for safe data flows with the US.