Tag: Europe

Strategic Compliance in the EU: Balancing Competition, GDPR and AI Regulation

AI is no longer confined to tech gossips or futuristic movies. The fierce competition within the tech industry for AI continues to intensify. China and North America are poised to drive the largest economic gains from AI, with a projected boost of 26% and 14.5% to their respective GDPs by 2030, amounting to a combined […]

Weekly digest April 11 – 17, 2022: France’s CNIL to simplify investigation and enforcement of minor cases

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: CNIL investigation and enforcement, EDPB procedural rules  The French data protection authority CNIL announced a reform of its corrective procedures: towards simplified investigation and enforcement actions. A simplified procedure was created in particular for less complex cases. This reform will allow the […]

A Comparison of POPIA and GDPR in Key Areas

South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) will see its final sections go into effect on 30 June 2021. Furthermore, parties subject to POPIA must be fully compliant with the guidelines by 1 July 2021. A number of them may have a head start if they already adhere to established data protection guidelines such […]

Blockchain & DLT under the GDPR explained to the European Commission

Today, I had the opportunity to present the key issues of Blockchain & DLT under the GDPR to a delegation of the European Commission in Berlin. Below is a summarised version of the issues I presented. 1. Is the Opinion 05/2014 by Working Party 29 still valid? Article 29 Working Party issued comprehensive guidance on […]

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