The EU has introduced a new ‘digital’ ID
The European Commission wants to develop an app that would contain the digital version of your identity card.
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EU to take legal action targeting Belgian privacy regulator
The Belgian regulator’s ability to act independently is in doubt because several of its officials are also affiliated with the government.
EU Commission publishes new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC)
the Commission issued modernised standard contractual clauses under the GDPR for data transfers from controllers or processors in the EU/EEA (or otherwise subject to the GDPR) to controllers or processors established outside the EU/EEA (and not subject to the GDPR).
MEPs urge the Commission to amend UK adequacy decisions
The European Commission should amend its draft decision on UK data protection to bring it in line with EU court rulings and the opinions of the EU privacy supervisor.
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.
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.
EU Data Privacy Watchdogs Urged to Sort Out ‘Public Squabbles’
European Union privacy regulators must sort out their “public squabbles” over the enforcement of the bloc’s data-protection rules or its executive body may consider moving to a more centralized model to target violations.
CJEU fines Spain €15 million for failure to implement Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ordered Spain to pay the European Commission 15.5 million euros and a potential daily fine thereafter for failing to transpose the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/680).
BEUC files complaint against TikTok for multiple EU consumer law breaches
TikTok’s practices for the processing of users’ personal data are misleading.
Data watchdog rejects EU criticism over Max Schrems complaints
The DPC had been dealt a stinging rebuke by the EU’s Parliamentary Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Commission reveals details on future EU robotics policy
Robotics technologies in the EU could come under the scope of new rules as part of a series of efforts to ensure the safety of next-generation technologies, it has emerged.
Brussels zeroes in on Google’s adtech business
The European Commission is mulling two new probes into the tech giant.