Meta Threatens To Close Facebook And Instagram In Europe Over Data Scramble
Meta has warned it could be forced to close Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it does not find a way to transfer the data from its European users to the US.
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UK can join EU surveillance schemes with no parliamentary scrutiny, warns new report
The UK can join intrusive EU surveillance schemes including a pan-European network of police facial recognition databases with no scrutiny.
EU Parliament approves DSA and proposes ban on use of sensitive personal data for online ads
The European Parliament agreed to maintain the conditional liability regime for online intermediaries, the prohibition of general monitoring obligations and se of ‘dark patterns’.
European GDPR watchdog rules IAB ad-consent system unlawful
All data collected through the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) must now be deleted.
Major Overhaul of EU Clinical Trial Rules Kicks In
The CTR will radically change the regulatory framework for conducting clinical trials.
UK finally publishes revised standard form international data transfer agreements and conversion addendum for the use of revised EU SCCs
The UK government has finally published the UK’s own standard form international data transfer agreement for transferring personal data outside the UK.
Europe’s Hypocrisy Over Personal Data Privacy Exposed
Inherent hypocrisy is fully revealed by Europol’s mass collection of personal data of European residents contrary to the principles of GDPR.
Google calls for a secure ‘data transfer framework’ between the US and EU
The tech giant wants government agencies to establish new rules for data transfers between nations.
European data regulators issued EUR1.1 billion in GDPR fines
Nearly EUR1.1 billion (USD1.23 billion / GBP0.9 billion) of fines have been imposed for a wide range of infringements of EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Cross-Border Access to User Data by Law Enforcement: 2021 Year in Review
Law enforcement around the world is apparently getting easier access to data in other countries, thanks to the Council of Europe’s adoption of a flawed new protocol to the Budapest Convention.
Europe’s surveillance crisis
Law enforcement and security agencies are bristling at orders to limit their data collection practices.
Austrian Supervisory Authority Finds that Website Deploying Google Analytics Carried out Unlawful Transfers to the US
The Austrian DPA found that a website that implemented the free version of Google analytics violated the GDPR’s rules on international data transfers.