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November 14, 2022

EU wants Airbnb, rivals to share bookings data with authorities

Under the proposed rules, Airbnb and its peers will have to share data about the number of guests and rented nights with public authorities.

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November 14, 2022

Dutch money laundering amendments to prompt greater AI use in transaction monitoring

Proposed amendments to the Dutch anti money laundering law will enable more banks to combine and analyse their customers’ payment data.

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November 9, 2022

MEPs discuss Artificial Intelligence definition, governance

The definition of Artificial Intelligence and how the new EU’s rulebook for this emerging technology will be implemented is the focus of a political meeting.

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November 2, 2022

The risk of losing our EU data adequacy agreement is real

While some welcome the shake up of the UK’s data protection regime, government should be wary of drifting too far from the EU GDPR.

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November 2, 2022

Data Protection Bill: Consultation to delay UK GDPR replacement

The Data Protection Bill, the UK’s post-Brexit replacement for EU GDPR data laws, faces further delays as a new consultation is planned.

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October 28, 2022

ICO Fines Easylife £1.48 Million For Data Protection Violations

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced a fine in a case that involved inferring health data and using this for marketing.

October 19, 2022

MEPs tear up Biden’s Privacy Shield successor

The Executive Order of the US President is not enough, say members of the European Parliament.

October 18, 2022

AI Act: EU Parliament’s discussions heat up over facial recognition

EU lawmakers held first political debate on the AI Act as the discussion moved to more sensitive topics like the highly debated issue of biometric recognition.