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EDPS and ICO Establish an Agreement on Data Protection Rights
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have reached a collaborative...
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Apr 24, 20241 min read


UK Ministers to Reintroduce Comprehensive Data Protection Reforms
UK ministers are set to reintroduce significant data protection reforms, aiming to modernize existing regulations and strengthen privacy...
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Apr 18, 20241 min read


Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) Receives Award for Child Privacy Project
The AEPD has been honored with the Quality Innovation Award for its remarkable Child Privacy Project. Recognized for excellence, the...
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Apr 9, 20241 min read


Spanish and Portuguese Data Protection Authorities Express Concerns Over Escalating Digital Violence
The National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) of Portugal and the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) have issued alarming statements...
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Apr 5, 20241 min read


NYT files lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft for allegedly training ChatGPT with copyrighted news content
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, demanding millions for the unauthorized use of its news articles....
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Jan 12, 20241 min read


Denmark seeks to strengthen data protection for children
Reuters reports that the Danish government aims to raise data protection standards for children. Proposed changes include increasing the...
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Oct 10, 20231 min read


Children’s Code evaluation report released by ICO
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office released its required review and post transition assessment of the Children's Code. The report...
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Oct 4, 20231 min read


Facebook whistleblower claims that social media companies evade responsibility for harms caused
In his new book, former Facebook data scientist Francis Haugen asserts that social media companies, including Facebook, are not being...
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Sep 26, 20231 min read


ICO has developed guidance to help organizations implement Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office advises organizations to adopt privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) for sharing personal...
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Sep 17, 20231 min read
EU Commission outlines voluntary commitments to gradually eliminate the use of cookies
Euractiv reports that the European Commission has launched an initiative for the voluntary phaseout of third-party cookies. Draft pledges...
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Sep 13, 20231 min read


O futuro do software: criar produtos implementando a privacidade desde a concepção
A VentureBeat refere que, para melhorar a privacidade dos clientes, as empresas devem adotar uma mentalidade de privacidade desde a...
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Sep 4, 20231 min read


G7 authorities highlight privacy and data protection issues related to generative AI
G7 data protection and privacy authorities have issued a draft statement acknowledging the potential risks to privacy and human rights...
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Aug 29, 20231 min read


WhatsApp’s new privacy features
Meta released two new privacy features for WhatsApp. One of the features consist in “Silence Unknown Callers” which gives the user the...
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Aug 26, 20231 min read


Tesla warning security camera risks in Germany
Reuters reported Tesla warning data privacy risks by the vehicle’s security cameras in Germany. It was alleged that Tesla misled...
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Aug 25, 20231 min read


TikTok fined 12.7M GBP for misuse of children’s data
TikTok was fined by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office 12.7M GBP for breached the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation....
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Aug 18, 20231 min read


Health board following data breach is reprimanded by ICO
A formal reprimand to the NHS Highland health board was issued for a data breach of individuals likely to be accessing HIV services. ICO...
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Aug 11, 20231 min read


Tesla employees reportedly shared videos captured by cameras on customers' cars
“Highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras” in an internal messaging system were circulated by former Tesla...
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Jul 31, 20231 min read


Digital marketing company was fined 300K euros
The Garante, Italy’s data protection authority, fined a digital marketing company 300K euros for processing users’ data illegally for...
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Jul 17, 20231 min read


Guides on children’s data protection rights published by Irish DPC
Four guides for parents on children’s data protection rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation were published by the...
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Jun 17, 20231 min read


Google testing AI for cookies alternative
MediaPost reported that Google is working to build a privacy preserved ad-targeting design employing artificial intelligence. Tests have...
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Jun 9, 20231 min read
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