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.

German Constitutional Court strikes down predictive algorithms for policing
Euractiv.com · 2023-02-16 3 min The German Federal Constitutional Court declared the use of Palantir surveillance software by police in Hesse and Hamburg unconstitutional in a landmark ruling on Thursday (16 February). The ruling concludes a case brought by the German Society for Civil Rights (GFF) last year, h

‘All we have had is losses’: Royal Mail dismisses ‘absurd’ $80m ransom demand
Theguardian.com · 2023-02-16 2 min Royal Mail rejected an “absurd” ransom demand for $80m (£67m) from hackers linked to Russia, according to transcripts that offer a rare glimpse into negotiations when companies are hit by a ransomware cyberattack.The delivery company has been battling a ransomware attack sin

Cheering emerging PETs: Global privacy tech support on the rise
Iapp.org · 2023-02-13 10 min The data economy is facing a paradox. The exponential increase in the processing of personal data has created a wide array of unprecedented possibilities to gain useful insights via artificial intelligence and machine learning. At the same time, these developments expose individ

Digital Euro: acting for a privacy friendly model
Cnil.fr · 2023-02-06 3 min The digital euro: what is at stake for the freedoms of citizens The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched in the summer of 2021 an investigation phase to develop a digital form of the euro. For this institution, one of the objectives is to maintain a link between citizens and

EUR Lex 32019R0881 EN
Eur-lex.europa.eu · 2023-01-31 153 min REGULATION (EU) 2019/881 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 17 April 2019on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act

Location data is personal data noyb wins appeal against Spanish DPA
Noyb.eu · 2023-01-25 1 min The Spanish Courts annulled a past decision by the Spanish DPA (AEPD). The AEPD had previously argued that Virgin telco, a telecommunications provider, had lawfully denied its customers access to their location data. noyb argued that location data was personal data and must there

EDPB determines privacy recommendations for use of cloud services by public sector & adopts report on Cookie Banner Task Force
Edpb.europa.eu · 2023-01-19 2 min Brussels, 18 January - Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders participated in the Plenary meeting. He presented the draft adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to the Board and had an exchange of views with its Members. The Board is currently working on its o

How to legally use Google Analytics in Europe
Vischer.com · 2023-01-18 39 min Many website operators in Europe are at a loss: Is Google Analytics illegal? This is what recent decisions and statements by European Data Protection Authorities suggest, and some of them even say so directly. On closer inspection the situation is less black and white. Google A

Facebook and Instagram decisions: “Important impact on use of personal data for behavioural advertising”
Edpb.europa.eu · 2023-01-12 3 min Brussels, 12 January - Following the EDPB’s binding dispute resolution decisions of 5 December 2022, the Irish Data Protection Authority (IE DPA) has adopted its decisions regarding Facebook and Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, ‘Meta IE’). These decisions are the

Luis Alberto Montezuma on LinkedIn: hj
Linkedin.com · 2023-01-11 1 min Article 6 of the GDPR lays down six legal bases for the processing of personal data. There are six available lawful bases for processing. No single basis is ’better’ or more important than the others – which basis is most appropriate to use will depend on your purpose and r

Open source software vs. the proposed Cyber Resilience Act
Blog.nlnetlabs.nl · 2022-12-28 14 min By Maarten AertsenNLnet Labs is closely following a legislative proposal by the European Commission affecting almost all hardware and software on the European market. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) intends to ensure cybersecurity of products with digital elements by laying down

LastPass finally admits: Those crooks who got in? They did steal your password vaults, after all…
Nakedsecurity.sophos.com · 2022-12-26 10 min by Popular password management company LastPass has been under the pump this year, following a network intrusion back in August 2022. Details of how the attackers first got in are still scarce, with LastPass’s first official comment cautiously stating that: [A]n unauthorized

AEPD (Spain) AEPD PS 00113 2022
Gdprhub.eu · 2022-12-18 18 min AEPD - AEPD PS-00113-2022 Authority: AEPD (Spain) Jurisdiction: Spain Relevant Law: Article 5(1)(f) GDPRArticle 32 GDPRArticle 83(5) GDPRArticle 76(2)(b) Spanish Data Protection Law Type: Complaint Outcome: Upheld Started: 02.11.2021 Decided: Published: 06.12.2022 Fine: 5000

Noyb win: Personalized Ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp declared illegal
Noyb.eu · 2022-12-08 5 min noyb complaints: Meta's business model declared illegal in the EU according to WSJ. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp can no longer run personalized ads without user consent As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the EDPB has decided that Meta cannot force users to agree to perso

Facebook, Whatsapp ed Instagram have to change approach to personalised ads
Radiobruxelleslibera.com · 2022-12-08 4 min By on 7 December 2022 • ( Leave a comment )The business model of the main social networks, starting with Meta, is at risk: personalized ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are in fact to be considered illegal if they have not been authorized in a clear and incontrovertible