EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google’s data collection
Competition enforcers on both sides of the Atlantic are now looking into how dominant tech companies use and monetise data. […]
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Top 10 GDPR Breaches in 2019 Cause €402.6 Million Fines
Enormous fines imposed for data breaches in 2019 prove that regulators have become severe about penalizing companies and organizations that […]
AG Opinion in Schrems II Delayed
The Advocate General’s (AG) Opinion in Case C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (so called “Schrems […]
EU releases progress report on draft ePrivacy Regulation
The Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) on November […]
EU Member States reject ePrivacy Regulation’s draft
On 22 November 2019, the Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council of the European Union (COREPER) has rejected the Council’s […]
Europe’s First Big Privacy Crackdown on Big Tech Is Coming Next Year
The Irish Data Protection Commission was due to give its draft decision on a WhatsApp privacy case in December, but […]
EU Commissioner Vestager to present new AI law at the start of 2020
Over the next three months, European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager will draft a new European law for AI. As of December, […]
EU could introduce political ad rules for Facebook and Twitter
Vera Jourova, EU commissioner for justice, consumers and gender equality, said in a CNBC interview lawmakers in Brussels will introduce […]
EU institution staff ‘unaware’ of Microsoft data misuse
Members of staff working across the EU institutions are “not aware” of the extent to which the US tech firm […]
Regulating Facial Recognition Tech – Where Are We Now?
While there are clearly now multiple efforts to curtail the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in the public realm, […]
EU Council releases revised draft ePrivacy Regulation
On 30 October, 2019, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union released revised text of the proposed ePrivacy […]
Finland eyes ePrivacy agreement before year’s end
The Presidency of the EU Council is expected to propose yet another iteration of the ePrivacy text for the next […]