Discord opens up public servers to web search from November 16th

Discord is changing how its public communities are found online. From November 16th, the platform plans to automatically create Server Web Pages for all Discoverable Servers. Discord describes these as “the most public spaces on Discord”, and they have at least 1,000 members. According to the platform, there are more than 63,000 of them. The … Read more

Council Backs GDPR Change That Eases AI Training on Personal Data

EU member states have backed a GDPR amendment that would classify training AI models on personal data of European citizens as a “legitimate interest”. This would make it much easier for AI companies to use such data. The Council agreed to the proposal last week. The European Commission proposed the change last year to simplify … Read more

US Supreme Court ruling threatens EU-US data transfers

A new US Supreme Court ruling questions the independence of the FTC, undermining a key legal pillar of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) according to privacy group noyb. Max Schrems argues that the European Commission relied on the FTC’s independence hundreds of times, meaning the legal basis for unrestricted EU-US personal data transfers has … Read more