TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Official guidance: new SCCs, facial recognition technology, DPOs, children’s data The European Commission has published questions and answers for the two sets of Standard Contractual Clauses, approved last year for data transfers within and outside of the bloc. These Q&As are based on feedback […]
Month: May 2022
Weekly digest May 16 – 22, 2022: cookie-walls, US governmental inquiries, cross-border transfers, AI for hackers
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Official guidance: ‘cookie-walls’, US governmental inquiries, cross-border data transfers The French regulator CNIL published its first evaluation criteria on ‘cookie walls’ or ‘pay walls. All the principles of the GDPR remain applicable to the processing of data related to the use of cookie walls. […]
Weekly digest May 9 – 15, 2022: UK data protection reform, and dark patterns invalidating consent
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: UK data protection reform Last week in the Queen’s Speech it was announced that the UK’s data protection regime will be reformed through the introduction of the Data Reform Bill, dataprotectionlawhub.com reports. The Bill’s purpose is to “create a trusted UK data […]
Weekly digest May 2 – 8, 2022: DPO dismissals, shareholders, athletes privacy, passwordless future & more
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes and redress: DPO dismissals, Connecticut privacy draft law, EU Health Data Space Ius Laboris blogpost explains when data protection officers have special protection from dismissal. Art. 38(3) of the GDPR expressly states that they shall not be dismissed or penalised by the […]
Weekly digest April 25 – May 1, 2022: class actions authorised in EU data protection cases
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from the press and analytical reports. Legal processes and redress: consumer data class actions, digital content and services, CCPA & CPRA The ECJ ruled that consumer protection associations may bring representative actions against infringements of personal data protection. Such class actions may be brought independently of the specific infringement […]
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