EU grappling with potential one-stop-shop reform
Key stakeholders on EU data protection came together at the Global Privacy Summit Online 2021 to discuss potential solutions to the GDPR one-stop shop dilemma.
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EU’s Margrethe Vestager Confirms That Google’s Planned Removal Of Third-Party Cookies Is An Antitrust Concern
The European Commission verified in writing that Google’s use of data to fuel its ad tech business is a focus of its ongoing antitrust investigation.
Google backs EU plans to fight child sexual abuse
Google has said it backs the need for a derogation from the ePrivacy directive and supports the notion of creating a European centre that would cover law enforcement, prevention and victim support at the EU level.
French top court justifies telecom data retention
The Council of State rules that the existing threat to national security currently justifies the generalized retention of data.
Case launched against TikTok over collection of children’s data
Former children’s commissioner for England launches case against video-sharing app.
European Commission Publishes Proposal for Artificial Intelligence Act
The European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence. The Proposal follows a public consultation on the Commission’s white paper on AI published in February 2020.
Facebook faces ‘mass action’ lawsuit in Europe over 2019 breach
Facebook is to be sued in Europe over the major leak of user data that dates back to 2019 but which only came to light recently after information on more than 533 million accounts was found posted for free download on a hacker forum.
EDPB Gives the Green Light to the Commission’s Draft UK Adequacy Decisions
the EDPB has confirmed in a press release that it has identified “many aspects [of the UK data protection framework] to be essentially equivalent ” to the EU data protection framework.
EU says ‘no major breach detected so far’ following significant cyber attack
The European Commission and other European Union (EU) institutions have been hit by a cyber attack significant enough for senior officials to be alerted.
Surveillance exposes limits of transatlantic AI collaboration
European lawmakers say company’s surveillance practices ‘poses an issue’ for joint approach to artificial intelligence.
From California to Brazil: GDPR has created recipe for the world
As Europe’s sweeping GDPR laws approach their third anniversary, other jurisdictions around the world are taking cues from it to develop their own frameworks.
EU data protection authorities adopt joint opinion on the Digital Green Certificate Proposals
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted a joint opinion on the Proposals for a Digital Green Certificate.