Commission to ‘analyse necessity’ of GDPR infringement procedures
The European Commission will consider the necessity of introducing infringement procedures against member states that fail to comply with the […]
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Commission conducting ‘preparatory work’ should ECJ invalidate privacy shield
The European Commission is preparing for the eventuality that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) may invalidate the EU-US data […]
EU Commission publishes its evaluation of GDPR
On 24 June, the European Commission published its evaluation report of the GDPR, just over two years after the GDPR […]
EU Commission Opens Public Consultation on Proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Framework
On 19 February 2020, the European Commission published a white paper on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the […]
The EDPB Responds to the European Commission’s Recommendation on COVID-19 Mobile Apps
On April 14, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (the EDPB) published a letter in response to the European Commission’s […]
EU Commission looks for feedback on GDPR
The European Commission will report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) later this year. In accordance with […]
EU Commission puts emphasis on encryption
The European Commission has begun taking more decisive steps toward secure, encrypted communications. But while all of these steps may […]
European Commission publishes data strategy, AI white paper
On Wednesday, the commission released its EU data strategy. The document outlines the commission’s five-year plan for “policy measures and investments […]
Automated facial recognition breaches GDPR, says EU digital chief
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s executive vice president for digital affairs, has said that automated facial recognition breaches GDPR as […]
EU backs away from call for blanket ban on facial recognition tech
New draft of AI paper drops suggestion of five-year moratorium on surveillance tech. In a draft of a paper on […]
EU-US Privacy Shield passes third Commission ‘health check’
The European Commission published its report on the third annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield. This despite the EU […]
Commission urges member states to allocate resources to DPAs
In July, the European Commission urged European countries to allocate sufficient human, financial and technical resources to national data protection […]