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July 2, 2021

Right to disconnect could become the norm in Europe

In January, a majority of EU politicians backed a legislative initiative to call for a bloc-wide directive on the issue.

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July 2, 2021

City of Baltimore May Criminalize the Use of Facial Recognition Technologies by Businesses

The Baltimore City Council recently passed an ordinance, in a vote of 13-2, barring the use of facial recognition technology by city residents, businesses, and most of the city government (excluding the city police department) until December 2022.

July 1, 2021

Maine law restricts facial recognition technology statewide

A bill touted as the country’s strictest statewide regulation on the use of facial recognition technology has become law in Maine.

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June 30, 2021

MEPs: safeguards needed against mass AI surveillance

The use of Artificial Intelligence in law enforcement and the judiciary should be subject to strong safeguards and human oversight, says the Civil Liberties Committee.

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June 29, 2021

Ban biometric surveillance in public to safeguard rights, urge EU privacy watchdogs

There have been further calls from EU institutions to outlaw biometric surveillance in public.

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June 28, 2021

Europe’s Data Law Is Broken, Departing Privacy Chief Warns

The European Union’s “GDPR” privacy law suffers from “massive flaws” and endless infighting, according to one of the bloc’s top regulators.

June 21, 2021

Apple’s Cook says proposed EU tech rules threaten security of iPhones

Apple boss Tim Cook took aim on Wednesday at proposed European rules aimed at curbing the power of U.S. tech giants, saying they could pose security and privacy risks to iPhones.

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June 21, 2021

Gov.UK taskforce publishes post-Brexit wish-list: ‘TIGRR’ pounces on GDPR, metric measures

A UK government taskforce chaired by Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, has published a wish list of regulatory proposals it wants to see adopted by a post-Brexit administration.

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June 14, 2021

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.

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June 11, 2021

How the U.S. got boxed in on privacy

The EU and states like California moved first and set standards that any national U.S. privacy law must reckon with.

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June 4, 2021

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).