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International Data Protection Committee established by Danish DPA

An international data protection committee has been established by the Danish DPA to protect Danish interests regarding international data protection.   The Danish DPA has established a special committee with the aim of giving the Authority’s stakeholders more and better insight into the international data protection work done by the Data Inspectorate. It will also
January 13, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Regulatory case law, April 2015: use of biometric data and disputes between telecoms providers

In April the European Court of Justice ruled on the use of biometric data for purposes other than the issue of passports.
April 30, 2015 Comments (0) Share
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France to Google: comply with the law or pay

As promised in the beginning of this year, the French data protection authority has ordered Google to change its privacy policy in three months or else pay a fine of up to 300,000 €. Launching their own national investigations are several other EU Member States.
June 20, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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Mobile apps must obtain meaningful consent from user, limit the purpose of collecting data and minimize data collected

European privacy watchdogs have published an opinion addressing the key data protection risks of mobile apps. The document clarifies the EU legal framework applicable to the processing of personal data in apps on smart devices and outlines several obligations in developing and distributing apps on smart devices.
March 26, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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EU to take action against Google by summer

European privacy watchdogs have announced Monday that they are to take action against Google by summer for its privacy policy, which is not in compliance with European privacy legislation.
February 21, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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Monthly Round Up: October 2012

This month in the news.
October 30, 2012 Comments (0) Share
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Websites required to obtain consent for all non-essential cookies

The Article 29 working group, a group of 27 EU national data protection and privacy authorities, has adopted an opinion on cookie consent exemption as described in the e-Privacy Directive. More in an article by Aphaia”s guest blogger Jure Merčun after the jump.
June 27, 2012 Comments (0) Share
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Google’s new privacy policy not in compliance with EU law

The French data protection authority CNIL, tasked by EU privacy watchdogs to investigate Google’s new privacy policy has found that the policy does not seem to be in compliance with EU data protection legislation.
February 29, 2012 Comments (0) Share
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Google refuses EU data protection authorities’ request for a pause in the implementation of new privacy policy

The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, a group of 27 national data protection and privacy authorities that advises the European Commission on privacy issues, has written to Google Inc. to ask for a pause in the implementation of Google’s new privacy policy while the group checks for possible consequences for Google’s users in the
February 7, 2012 Comments (0) Share
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European privacy advocates warn about the use of ‘cookies’ in behavioural advertising

European privacy advocates have expressed their criticism of the advertising industry’s self-imposed code on behavioural advertising, especially in relation to the tracking of online browsing habits via the use of ‘cookies’.
December 27, 2011 Comments (0) Share