TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Ad Tech: Meta personalised ads, technical identifier system in App Store, IAB Europe’s consent mechanism Meta has a few months to reassess the valid legal basis for how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the EU after the media giant […]
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Data protection & privacy digest 16 Dec – 2 Jan 2023: US signals intelligence redress mechanism, “dormant” privacy risk assessment, data brokerage
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes and redress: US signals intelligence redress mechanism, Google search results removal, California consumer privacy rights, Australia Privacy Act review The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, (ODNI), published a directive for implementing the signals intelligence redress mechanism created under the […]
Consent Management Platforms’ misleading cookie banner designs: how to recognize and avoid dark patterns
It does not take much convincing for someone to accept freshly baked cookies, when offered to them. However, on the internet, organizations and website owners have had to work harder to balance compliance and optimize cookie consent rates, which ultimately serves to benefit them and their revenue. This is especially true after the GDPR came […]
EU-US data transfers: US Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities and the impact on organizational GDPR compliance.
It is no longer news that EU-US data transfers have become increasingly challenging given the invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework in 2020. Since then, companies have had to rely on standard contractual clauses and in other cases, data subjects have had to give consent for such transfers to happen knowing the risk of […]
Data protection & privacy digest 1 – 15 Dec 2022: draft US adequacy decision, Microsoft ‘data boundary’ for the EU, Age-appropriate design code
In this issue, you will find updates on the draft US adequacy decision, Standard Data Protection Model, HIPAA rules, multimedia boxes security, code of practice for app market, Microsoft ‘data boundary’ for the EU, Apple’s E2EE, and more. Legal processes: draft US adequacy decision, EDPB’s binding decisions, draft AI Act The EU issued a draft […]
Data protection & privacy digest 9 – 30 Nov 2022: Microsoft 365 non-compliance, Meta “data scraping” fine, Amazon Prime class action
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: Microsoft Office 365 cloud services, privacy complaints, lead supervisory authority, NIS2 Directive, Australia data breach penalties The German Data Protection Conference negatively assessed the data processing agreements for Microsoft 365 cloud services, regarding the requirements of Art. 28 of the GDPR. The […]
Data protection & privacy digest 25 Oct – 8 Nov 2022: EU-US privacy framework ambiguity, data breach reporting, right to be forgotten
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: EU-US privacy framework, DMA, CCPA/CPRA, right to be forgotten The Baden-Württemberg data protection commissioner warns that Joe Biden’s executive order with regard to the EU-US privacy framework is an important step, but it creates legal ambiguity. It addresses the requirements of the […]
Data protection & privacy digest 12 – 24 October 2022: first GDPR certification seal, test databases, password management
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Official guidance: first European data protection seal, GDPR harmonisation rules, data breach notification, children’s data protection, artistic and literary works The EDPB approved the very first GDPR certification seal, (see the detailed opinion here). Europrivacy became the first certification mechanism that demonstrates compliance. It […]
Data protection & privacy digest 27 Sept – 11 Oct 2022: New EU-US data privacy framework is now under EU legislators’ microscope
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: EU-US adequacy procedures, non-material damage in the GDPR, Colorado draft privacy law, Andorra data protection regime On 7 October, President Biden signed an Executive Order on ‘Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities’. Along with the Regulations issued by the Attorney […]
Data protection & privacy digest 13 – 26 Sept 2022: Google Analytics clash, caller identification, commercial practices & GDPR
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Official guidance: Google Analytics, risk assessment tool, work monitoring, privacy policy check-list, machine learning, APIs The Danish data protection authority, following several other European counterparts’ decisions, concludes that the Google Analytics tool cannot be used legally without implementing several additional measures, (eg, effective pseudonymisation […]
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