Month: March 2025

AI Age Verification: Big Tech’s Risky Fix for GDPR Violations

One-third of GDPR fines being related to the misuse of children’s data. Big tech companies are yet to implement appropriate measures to safeguard them. In response, major platforms like Google and TikTok are planning to use AI age verification to deduce the age of their users. This is done by deducing their age based on […]

Data protection digest 3-17 Mar 2025: Combining FRIA with DPIA is possible, but not once the development of an AI system has begun

FRIA and DPIA: Before deploying a high-risk AI system, the organisations shall assess the impact that the use of such a system may have on fundamental rights, explains the Croatian data protection regulator AZOP. For this purpose, private and public entities shall carry out an assessment containing: If both a FRIA and a DPIA need […]

Self-Hosting AI: For Privacy, Compliance, and Cost Efficiency

Self-hosting AI models is the future of privacy and compliance. By hosting AI models on personal hardware, individuals and businesses can improve data security while meeting strict regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Most people use hosted artificial intelligence (AI) services such as ChatGPT […]

Data protection digest 16 Feb – 2 Mar 2025: Data Act to strengthen EU digital market, vigilance over US data transfers

The Data Act is almost here In February, the European Commission published a set of updated technical FAQs on the implementation of the legal provisions of the Data Act, applicable as soon as of 12 September 2025.  It enhances data sharing and enables a fair distribution of data value by establishing clear rules related to […]

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