GDPR: 10 Months down the road
The European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) recently published an overview on GDPR’s implementation since its enforcement last May, and […]
Legislation
A new US bill would force companies to check their algorithms for bias
US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require large companies to audit machine learning-powered systems — like facial recognition […]
Senators say US needs its own GDPR
An investigation into the Equifax data breach has condemned the company’s poor security standards and urged politicians in the States […]
CNIL Publishes Binding Rules on Processing Biometric Data as Workplace Access Control
On March 28, 2019, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) published a “Model Regulation” addressing the use of biometric systems […]
How to address new privacy issues raised by artificial intelligence and machine learning
Artificial intelligence and machine learning present unique challenges for protecting the privacy of personal data. For this reason, policymakers need […]
Czech Republic adopts new Data Protection law
The Czech Republic adopted, on 12 March 2019, legislation that brings the GDPR’s provisions into national law. The new Act […]
Zuckerberg says governments need to do more to support data privacy
Mark Zuckerberg has responded to privacy pressures by asking regulators and governments to do more to help control content that […]
Recap: EDPB’s first-year review of GDPR
Last month, the European Data Protection Board released its first overview of the implementation and enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation […]
The state Senate version of the Washington Privacy Act: A summary
Washington is increasingly looking like it will become the second state in the U.S. to pass a comprehensive privacy statute, […]
Mind the overlap between GDPR and ePrivacy
Organisations need to be aware of the overlaps between European data protection and privacy rules, and which takes precedence, a […]
New rules bring protections to personal data in EU political campaigns
On March 19, the European Union adopted new rules to “prevent misuse of personal data by European political parties.” The […]
GDPR continues to shine a light for US legislation
Washington DC is to introduce a new data privacy bill, in a further reminder of the GDPR’s power as a […]