privacy

AP geeft Belastingdienst groen licht voor het inzetten van bijzondere data tegen AI-discriminatie.

De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens staat de Belastingdienst toe om in uitzonderlijke gevallen bijzondere persoonsgegevens te verwerken. Deze data mag specifiek worden ingezet voor bias- en fairness-onderzoek naar geautomatiseerde selectiesystemen. Het hoofddoel van deze maatregel is om discriminatie door algoritmen effectief te kunnen opsporen en corrigeren. Dit markeert een interessante verschuiving binnen het domein van verantwoorde en … Read more

8.7 million airport customers hit by major UK data breach

Cyberattackers have stolen personal data belonging to 8.7 million customers of three major UK airports. The breach affects Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports, exposing emails, phone numbers, vehicle registrations and postcodes. The compromised information came from services including parking, lounges, Fast Track bookings and airport Wi-Fi. Manchester Airport Group temporarily disabled its “Manage My … 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

Austria deals blow to “Pay or Okay” consent model

The Austrian Federal Administrative Court confirmed that DerStandard’s “Pay or Okay” model breaches the GDPR. Users had to either accept tracking by hundreds of third parties or pay a subscription. Authorities ruled that this coercive model invalidates consent, which must be free and specific. Real consent rates drop to 1–7% when asked transparently, but the … Read more