Address trader sues German DPA to prevent noyb from accessing files
Noyb.eu · 2023-11-16 3 min Two years ago, noyb filed a complaint against the address trader Acxiom and the credit reference agency CRIF in Germany. Although there is strong evidence that the companies’ large-scale trade with people’s personal data violates the GDPR, the case is still pending with the B

[Opinion] Why your data might already be on a Europol list
Euobserver.com · 2023-10-12 3 min You don't have to be a civil rights defender or even an opposition voice to end up on a police list. You don't even have to commit a crime.And yet in today's EU, innocent people are being swept up in a police digital dragnet that risks eroding the very basis of democracy.Police f

FTC Warns Tax Prep Companies Against Invasive Online Tracking – The Markup
Themarkup.org · 2023-09-21 3 min Pixel HuntSharing private information could lead to penalties, agency says after Markup investigation By Colin LecherSeptember 19, 2023 13:13 ET Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesShare This Article Copy Link RepublishThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned five tax pre

Is Meta's arrival on the fediverse good news?
Laquadrature.net · 2023-08-23 12 min The fediverse (a blend made from “federation” and “universe”) is a group of social media consisting of a multitude of platforms and software, each of them communicating with the others using a common protocol. Mastodon is one of the software applications used to offer an

MoS IT on concerns around Digital personal data Protection Act: There will be checks & balances to ensure personal data is not misused
Indianexpress.com · 2023-08-13 9 min MoS IT on concerns around Digital personal data Protection Act: There will be checks & balances to ensure personal data is not misused | Business News - The Indian Express Advertisement On Saturday, the Digital personal data Protection Act, 2023 was published i

From “Heavy Purchasers” of Pregnancy Tests to the Depression Prone: We Found 650,000 Ways Advertisers Label You – The Markup
Themarkup.org · 2023-08-07 15 min Share This Article Copy Link RepublishWhat words would you use to describe yourself? You might say you’re a dog owner, a parent, that you like Taylor Swift, or that you’re into knitting. If you feel like sharing, you might say you have a sunny personality or that you follow

Robert Bateman on LinkedIn: It appears that the government might have attempted to influence the UK… | 32 comments
Linkedin.com · 2023-08-03 2 min Robert BatemanData protection and privacy stuff3d EditedIt appears that the government might have attempted to influence the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in a recent investigation into facial recognition firm Facewatch. Here is what we know, and what we don't know.

Norway temporary ban behavioral ads Facebook Instagram
Noyb.eu · 2023-07-29 1 min Following a CJEU ruling that declared Meta/Facebook’s GDPR approach largely illegal, the Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) is the first national data protection authority declaring behavioral advertising on the company’s platforms Facebook and Instagram illegal. Datatilsynet impos

Part 1 Discovering that your Bluetooth car battery monitor is siphoning up your location data
Doubleagent.net · 2023-07-24 12 min Hello Hacker News, thanks for visiting!A Bluetooth enabled battery monitor that records car battery voltages. The hardware requires a smartphone for pairing The product collects GPS co-ordinates, cell phone tower data and nearby Wifi beacons Location data is sent over the Intern

HaxRob on Twitter: "This invasive Bluetooth car battery monitor was found to be sending the following location data to 🇨🇳 GPS Wifi devices Cell phone towers The Apple and Google app stores said no personal data was collected. A new update has emerged. Let's see what was changed 👇(1/n) https://t.co/5fZufWFgo0" / Twitter
Twitter.com · 2023-07-24 < 1 min This invasive Bluetooth car battery monitor was found to be sending the following location data to 🇨🇳 - GPS - Wifi devices - Cell phone towers The Apple and Google app stores said no personal data was collected. A new update has emerged. Let's see what was changed

EU and U.S. data transfer pact in progress, expected for mid July, Reuters
Reuters.com · 2023-07-02 1 min DUBLIN, June 26 (Reuters) - The European Commission is due to finalise a new data transfer pact with the United States by mid-July, a lawyer for Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), the bloc's lead regulator for many big tech firms, said on Monday.The European Union and

Katharina Koerner on LinkedIn: Privacy enhancing technologies Guide ICO, June 2023 | 38 comments
Linkedin.com · 2023-06-23 2 min Katharina KoernerAI for Humanity, Privacy Tech/PPML, Responsible AI, PETs, AI Governance, Security• Community advocate • Bridging the world between privacy, policy, and IT3d Today, Information Commissioner's Office published its Guidance on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for

Katharina Koerner on LinkedIn: Algorithms that remember
Linkedin.com · 2023-06-23 2 min Katharina KoernerAI for Humanity, Privacy Tech/PPML, Responsible AI, PETs, AI Governance, Security• Community advocate • Bridging the world between privacy, policy, and IT1h This paper from 2018 was ahead of its time by analyzing the highly up-to-date question of whether mach

Criminalization of encryption : the 8 december case
Laquadrature.net · 2023-06-06 27 min This article was written on the basis of information relating to the so-called “8 December” case1For a summary of the 8 December affair see in particular the testimonies available in this Revue Z article, this Lundi matin article, the following support committee articles (he

Exclusive: Italy watchdog to review other AI systems after ChatGPT brief ban
Reuters.com · 2023-06-04 2 min MILAN/STOCKHOLM, May 22 (Reuters) - Italy's data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said, as it ramps up scrutiny of the powerful technology after temporarily banning ChatGPT in March.Garante is

Have I Been Pwned Adds Over 225 Million Passwords From UK Agency
Pcmag.com · 2023-05-25 2 min Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) has made it easier(Opens in a new window) for law enforcement to share compromised data, starting with over 225 million passwords from the UK National Crime Agency (NCA).For the unfamiliar: HIBP is a platform devoted to helping people find out if their pe

Peter Craddock on LinkedIn: #gdpr #dataprotection #privacy | 35 comments
Linkedin.com · 2023-05-13 2 min Peter CraddockPartner - Data/Cyber/Tech Law; helping companies innovate & use data better (EU & international)1y EditedWhat makes information "personal data"? That's what the General Court examined on Wednesday in case T‑384/20 - and it's a key issue for many other enfo

ECJ Advocate General: GDPR fines against the controller for activities of its processor
Linkedin.com · 2023-05-13 3 min Another important GDPR interpretation from 4.5.2023 (the Data Protection Day at the ECJ, if you will) that has received little attention so far: in Case C-683/21, Advocate General Emiliou has delivered his Opinion on some relevant questions regarding the application of the GDPR.

Texts adopted Data Act Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Europarl.europa.eu · 2023-04-12 206 min THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act

ChatGPT is entering a world of regulatory pain in Europe
Politico.eu · 2023-04-11 4 min Press play to listen to this articleVoiced by artificial intelligence.ChatGPT has set itself up for a rough ride with Europe's powerful privacy watchdogs.The chatbot is the hottest sensation of artificial intelligence technology but was hit with a temporary ban in Italy last mont

IA ICO Response tu GOV
Ico.org.uk · 2023-04-11 15 min 1 The Information Commissioner’s response to the Governm ent ’s AI White Paper About the ICO 1. The Information Commissioner has responsibility in the UK for promoting and enforcing the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the

'He Would Still Be Here': Man Dies by Suicide After Talking with AI Chatbot, Widow Says
Vice.com · 2023-04-11 7 min A Belgian man recently died by suicide after chatting with an AI chatbot on an app called Chai, Belgian outlet La Libre reported.  The incident raises the issue of how businesses and governments can better regulate and mitigate the risks of AI, especially when it comes to mental

HRW calls on Tunisia’s president to halt crackdown on judiciary
Aljazeera.com · 2023-03-27 3 min Tunisia must reinstate all judges and prosecutors arbitrarily dismissed by President Kais Saied, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said, with the rights group adding that all measures taken to “crush judicial independence” should be reversed.The watchdog’s latest report, publish

Vincent Wellens on LinkedIn: #gdpr #luxembourg #edpb #whatsapp #transparency #ecommerce #privacy…
Linkedin.com · 2023-03-26 1 min [#GDPR & #Luxembourg] The Luxembourg data protection authority, the CNPD - Commission nationale pour la protection des données has published 6 decisions in the context of its thematic audit on transparency in the e-commerce business. Some key take aways from the CNPD for dra

Privacy Friendly Apps improved privacy protection on the smartphone
Secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 2023-03-24 4 min We use our smartphone for private conversations, store our contacts and organise our meetings with it. The access to all this sensitive data is handled with the so-called permissions. It means, for example, that each app that requires the smartphone camera needs to get the corres

DSB (Austria) 2022 0.726.643
Gdprhub.eu · 2023-03-17 5 min DSB - 2022-0.726.643 Authority: DSB (Austria) Jurisdiction: Austria Relevant Law: Article 5(2) GDPRArticle 28 GDPRArticle 29 GDPRArticle 44 GDPR Type: Complaint Outcome: Upheld Started: 18.08.2020 Decided: 06.03.2023 Published: Fine: n/a Parties: Meta Platforms Inc. National C

The EU Digital Identity Wallet: Episode 1 An Overview
Edps.europa.eu · 2023-02-26 2 min EDPS traineesWhat is it and how does it work? What are its key data protection benefits and risks?Welcome to the first episode of a three-part podcast series focused on the EU Digital Identity Wallet (DIW), organised by the trainees of the European Data Protection Supervisor and

EDPS to pilot the use of Open Source Software
Edps.europa.eu · 2023-02-24 2 min Press Release EDPS to pilot the use of Open Source Software In February 2023, the EDPS has started piloting the use of the Open Source Software Nextcloud and LibreOffice Online. Together, theyoffer the possibility to share files, send messages, make video calls, and allows collab

European Commission bans TikTok from corporate devices
Euractiv.com · 2023-02-24 1 min This article was updated with a comment from TikTok.The EU executive’s IT service has asked all Commission employees to uninstall TikTok from their corporate devices, as well as the personal devices using corporate apps, citing data protection concerns. The request to uninstall

Is my pet's name really my personal data? | Brodies LLP
Brodies.com · 2023-02-20 3 min The UK GDPR defines personal data as any information which relates to a living individual who can be identified or is identifiable from that information. There is no definitive list of what constitutes personal data. However a recent ICO case highlights just how wide this can be.