The EDPS – European Data Protection Supervisor states in an opinion that in order to act as a controller, the entity / involved party must determine the purposes & essential means of the processing. “Essential means” are closely linked to the purpose and the scope of the processing.On the other hand, “non-essential means” concern more … Read more
The Italian privacy regulator has ordered a popular AI chatbot to cease processing data on domestic citizens after breaking GDPR rules. The ‘virtual friend’ app tries to improve users’ emotional well-being and help users understand their thoughts and calm anxiety through stress management, socialization and the search for love,” but doesn’t seem to comply with … Read more
Privacy by Design (PbD) is about to become an international privacy standard for the protection of consumer products and services. This will have a huge impact. As a guideline, Privacy by Design applies to IT systems, accountable business practices, and physical design and networked infrastructure.
Public bodies should take into account the possible sensitive nature and large amounts of data processed by publicbodies. But how to guarantee the fundamental right to the protection of personal data? The EDPB therefore underlines the need for public bodies to act in full compliance with the GDPR when using cloud-based products or services. In … Read more
C-154/21.Österreichische PostEvery person has the right to know to whom his or her personal data have been disclosed. A citizen requested Österreichische Post, the principal operator of postal and logistical services in Austria, to disclose to him the identity of the recipients to whom it had disclosed his personal data. The post gave petitioner only … Read more
Meta was fined with €390M (210 million and €180 million fines for Facebook and Instagram) and accused the company of lacking proper legal grounds to process millions of Europeans’ with its data-fueled advertising model. Meta trongly disagree with the DPC’s final decision, and believes to fully comply with GDPR by relying on Contractual Necessity for … Read more
The US government demands direct access to databases of European police services containing biometric data of European citizens. The US makes this entry mandatory for countries participating in the so-called Visa Waiver Program, which allows citizens of certain countries to travel to the United States without a visa. At the beginning of this year, US … Read more
Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ personal information. Lawyers for the plaintiffs called the proposed settlement the largest to ever be achieved in a U.S. data privacy class action and the most that Meta … Read more
What today is a dataset without personal data or with anonymised data, no longer has to be that way tomorrow. Due to the wider availability of open data and new technologies, data can easily be combined with other data. For example, the dataset can change in a matter of seconds into a dataset with data … Read more
The Irish privacy regulator DPC has imposed a GDPR fine of 265 million euros, around 0.5 per leaked dataset, on Meta for a major data breach at Facebook that left the data of 533 million users on the street. Last year, Ireland’s data protection authority launched an investigation after media reported about a dataset of … Read more