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GDPR Privacy Engineering’s Toughest Quest: Capturing True Anonymization
In the enchanted forest of data privacy, engineers and lawyers alike have long pursued a legendary creature: true anonymization.
GDPR DPIA Considerations for Dual-Role AI Providers: When Building and Deploying AI Creates Overlapping Privacy Risk
As artificial intelligence becomes embedded into enterprise products, platforms, and services, a growing number of organizations find themselves occupying a dual role:…
GDPR EU Poised to Share Citizens’ Biometric Data with U.S
European Union governments are moving toward agreements that would allow U.S.
EU Prepares for Tougher Tech Enforcement This Year Amid Rising Transatlantic Tensions
This year, European regulators are gearing up to enforce digital and competition rules against major technology companies more aggressively, signaling a shift…
How a European Court Ruling May Transform Online Platforms
A recent judgment from Europe’s highest court has sent ripples through the technology sector, potentially rewriting the rules for how digital platforms…
GDPR French Data Protection Watchdog Fines Mobius Solutions €1 Million After Personal Data Breach
The French data protection authority, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), has imposed a significant administrative fine of €1…
GDPR Latombe Pleas in EU-US Data Privacy Framework Appeal Published in EU Official Journal
The texts of Member of the French Parliament Philippe Latombe’s pleadings in his legal appeal concerning the EU-U.S.
Capita Fined £14m for Data Breach Affecting Over 6 Million People
In one of the UK’s largest data-protection penalties to date, Capita plc and its subsidiary Capita Pension Solutions have been fined a…
GDPR The ICO-FCA Compromise: How UK Regulators Just Rewrote Direct Marketing Rules for Financial Services
The Information Commissioner’s Office and Financial Conduct Authority just published a joint statement that fundamentally reshapes how financial services firms can communicate…
GDPR The LastPass ICO £1.2M Privacy Fine
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office handed LastPass a £1.2 million fine this month for the 2022 breach affecting 1.6 million British users.
GDPR ICO Cookie Compliance – What the Regulator Tested, What Websites Fixed, and What to Do Next
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) did something privacy teams have been waiting for: it measured cookie compliance at scale, pushed major…
Brussels’ Digital Omnibus: How the EU Plans to Rewire GDPR and the AI Act
Was there too much regulation that now the EU is going to pull back on GDPR measures?