EU seeks new regulatory powers against big tech firms
Powers could include the ability to exclude large tech companies from the single market altogether. The European Union wants more […]
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European Police Malware Could Harvest GPS, Messages, Passwords, More
The malware that French law enforcement deployed en masse onto Encrochat devices, a large encrypted phone network using Android phones, […]
Council of Europe Suggests Convention 108+ as Schrems II Data Transfer Solution
“Convention 108+ (Convention 108 as amended by the protocol) is set to become the international standard on privacy and data […]
Facebook appealing order by Ireland’s privacy regulator that could halt EU-US data transfers
Facebook is appealing a preliminary order from the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) that the social media company says would […]
EU Commission proposes Interim Regulation on the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child abuse
The European Commission published a proposal for a measures that would provide temporary exemptions from certain ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC) […]
Facebook told it may have to suspend EU data transfers after Schrems II ruling
Ireland’s data protection watchdog, the DPC, has sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers from the EU to […]
EDPB Creates Taskforces on Complaints and Supplementary Measures for Data Transfers Following Schrems II Decision
On September 4, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced that it established two taskforces following the judgment of […]
Commission will ‘not exclude’ potential ban on facial recognition technology
The European Commission has not ruled out a future ban on the use of facial recognition technology in Europe, as […]
European Parliament Held Meeting on Future of EU-U.S. Data Flows
On September 3, 2020, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament held a meeting […]
Italy tops GDPR penalty list with €46m worth of fines this year
Businesses operating within the European Union have been hit with a total of €68 million in fines relating to GDPR breaches […]
EU regulators wrangle over Twitter data privacy penalty
European Union privacy regulators are wrangling over the penalty Ireland’s data privacy watchdog was set to issue Twitter for a […]
GDPR supervisory authorities issued €2.9 million in fines in Q2 2020
There were at least 46 administrative fines under the GDPR in the past three months, with the penalties totalling nearly […]