EU lawmaker says U.S. tech giants should be regulated where they are based
U.S. tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon should be regulated by the EU country where they are based under proposed EU rules
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MEPs oppose mass surveillance using artificial intelligence by the police
To combat discrimination and ensure the right to privacy, MEPs demand strong safeguards when artificial intelligence tools are used in law enforcement.
Ad trackers continue to collect Europeans’ data without consent under the GDPR
On average, 500,000 ad impressions served per day earlier this year contradicted the data-collection choices people made as required under Europe’s privacy law.
EDPB Adopts Opinion on Draft South Korea Adequacy Decision
EDPB announced that it had adopted an opinion on the European Commission’s draft adequacy decision for the Republic of Korea.
EDPB establishes cookie banner taskforce
During its latest plenary, the EDPB decided to set up a taskforce to coordinate the response to complaints concerning cookie banners.
Digital welfare fraud detection and the Dutch SyRI judgment
A ruling by a Dutch court in 2020 struck down the state’s digital welfare fraud detection system because it lacked protections to individual privacy.
EU considers canceling trade, data flow talks with US
The planned EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council meeting Sept. 29 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is now in jeopardy with the EU threatening to cancel.
Washington says a transatlantic data deal is close. Brussels disagrees.
The EU and the US have been working on a deal since July last year.
EU chief announces cybersecurity law for connected devices
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday (15 September) a Cyber Resilience Act aimed at setting common cybersecurity standards for connected devices.
Ireland fails to enforce EU law against Big Tech
Irish regulator has not resolved 98% of 164 significant data protection complaints.
GDPR Fines – Trends In Enforcement
Since 2020 there has been noted an impressive rise in the amounts of GDPR fines.
EU ‘seeking to turn migrant database into mass surveillance tool’
Campaigners from 31 NGOs urge MEPs to rethink plans to overhaul Eurodac database.