EU DPAs Issue Green and Red Lights for Processing Health Data During the COVID-19 Epidemic
As Europe is grappling with an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, some European Data Protection Authorities issued public interest guidance […]
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Swedish Data Inspectorate investigates Clearview AI
Swedish supervisory authority – Datainspektionen – is conducting an investigation on possible use of facial recognition technology provided by US […]
Fine for processing students’ fingerprints imposed on a school
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine of PLN 20 000 in connection with the breach […]
UK Home Office breached GDPR 100 times
The UK Home Office has breached European data protection regulations at least 100 times in its handling of the EU […]
Big tech ‘procedural queries’ delay decision on first data fines
A decision by the Ireland’s data protection watchdog – Data Protection Commissioner – on whether to issue the first fines […]
Facebook isn’t sharing all off-platform data with users
Facebook is now offering users a feature that lets them see what data it has collected about their activities beyond […]
Max Schrems files complaint against Amazon
Max Schrems, head of None Of Your Business (noyb), has announced the not-for-profit organisation is to file a complaint to […]
Google users in UK to lose EU data protection
Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them […]
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 […]
On data protection, the UK says it will go it alone. It probably won’t.
The Prime Minister listed data protection as an area that the UK could legislate on following Brexit – but diverging […]
GDPR enforcement is on fire!
Data protection authorities (DPAs) are rapidly increasing their GDPR enforcement activities and here are some trends coming to surface. While […]
Latest bits on privacy and cybersecurity #8
Here is current collection of most interesting privacy and cyber-security publications and reports.