US expected to publish Privacy Shield executive order next week
The order is designed to address European concerns over surveillance practices in the US.
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G-7 Privacy Regulators Aim To Ease Turbulent International Data Flows
The goal of the meetings is to gradually align the regulators’ approaches to privacy and better understand domestic rules in each jurisdiction.
USA offers foreign states access to 1.1 billion biometric “encounters” in return for reciprocal database access
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is touting ‘Enhanced Border Security Agreements’, offering access to its vast biometric databanks in exchange for other states reciprocating.
Danish DPA bans Google Workspace and US transfers
The Danish data protection authority banned a municipality’s use of Google Workspace for Education and suspended all US transfers.
European Commission sued for violating EU’s data protection rules
The EU Commission faces a lawsuit over allegations it is violating GDPR rules when transferring personal data from websites to the US.
Irish DPC files draft order to halt Meta’s data transfers to US
The Irish DPC informed its EU DPA counterparts of its draft decision to halt Meta’s data flows from the EU to the U.S.
E.U. justice chief ‘confident’ data deal with U.S. will survive legal challenge
“I’m quite confident in the fact that we have a robust solution,” Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said in an interview.
Apple’s Cook urges U.S. lawmakers to pass federal privacy law
Tim Cook on Friday sent a letter to a group of U.S. lawmakers asking them to pass federal privacy legislation.
MEPs conclude visit to U.S., discuss data protection
A delegation of seven MEPs visited Washington, D.C. from 23 to 26 May to discuss the state of play on major Civil Liberties Committee topics with U.S. authorities and stakeholders.
Clearview AI Is Bringing Facial Recognition to Schools
The company revealed it’s working with a U.S. company selling visitor management systems to schools within hours of a horrific school shooting.
Campaigners warn over Privacy Shield enhancements
Schrems III on the cards unless negotiators protect better oversight of US data access requests.
Report spotlights vast scale of adtech’s ‘biggest data breach’
New data about the real-time-bidding (RTB) system’s use of web users’ info suggests Google and others are processing and passing people’s data.