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Fine of €20 million from the Greek DPA

Clearview AI has recently been hit with a fine of €20 million for violating the principles of lawfulness and transparency.    A civil non-profit organisation, “Homo Digitalis” lodged a complaint against Clearview AI Inc., a facial recognition company which developed its database by scraping individuals’ images from across the web. This was lodged on behalf
July 26, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Cybersecurity guide published by CNIL of France

The CNIL, in collaboration with the French government, has recently published a cybersecurity guide for French municipalities.    In recent times, cybersecurity has posed major difficulties for several communities in France. As a result, a study was conducted by Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, a government-sponsored cybersecurity initiative, toward the end of 2021. This study was focused on communities
July 21, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Data subjects’ consent is required for personalised ads – Italian SA warns TikTok

The Italian supervisory authority issues a formal warning after TikTok makes changes to its privacy policy and fails to get data subjects’ consent.    TikTok has recently made changes to its privacy policy stating that users aged above 18 would receive ‘personalised’ ads. From July 13th, users over 18 would receive ads based on profiling
July 19, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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CNIL imposes €1 million fine for several infractions related to data subject’s rights and transparency obligations

€1 million fine imposed by CNIL on an energy company for several GDPR violations related to data subject’s rights and transparency obligations.    After receiving several complaints regarding the difficulties encountered by users in having their requests for access to their data and opposition to receiving calls for the purposes of direct marketing fulfilled by
July 14, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Legal basis is required for audio surveillance, according to the Polish SA

The Polish SA says a legal basis is required for audio surveillance and has fined the Warsaw Centre for Intoxicated Persons for a lack thereof.   The Polish Supervisory Authority was recently informed that between 2016 and 2021, the Warsaw Centre for Intoxicated Persons recorded sound through its surveillance system, without a legal basis to
July 12, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act officially approved in the EU

The digital markets act and digital services act have officially been approved in the EU and are being implemented.   EU lawmakers recently approved the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and Digital Services Act (DSA), which will help control unfair advantage by tech giants such as Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft.  Companies may now face
July 7, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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AI regulatory sandbox: pilot program launched

The Government of Spain and the European Commission recently launched a pilot program for the AI regulatory sandbox.    Last month, the government of Spain and the European Commission presented a pilot of the first regulatory sandbox on Artificial Intelligence. This sandbox aims to bring together the  competent authorities and the companies that develop AI
July 5, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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GDPR-CARPA certification mechanism adopted by CNPD

Luxembourg adopted the GDPR-CARPA verification mechanism  becoming the first country to introduce a certification mechanism under the GDPR.   The National Data Protection Commission of Luxembourg (CNPD) adopted its GDPR-CARPA (Certified Assurance-Report based Processing Activities) certification mechanism last month. This will be known as the first certification mechanism under the GDPR to be adopted on
June 30, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Data sharing for charities: guidance from CNIL

CNIL recently published guidance relating to data sharing for charities for the purposes of prospecting.   CNIL recently published guidance relating to data sharing for charities for the purposes of prospecting. According to CNIL, these guidelines are geared towards any association or foundation appealing to the generosity of the public to receive donations, which wishes
June 28, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Google Analytics custom features do not make transfers legal, according to CNIL

CNIL has announced that even with the use of Google Analytics custom features, transfers are still not legal.    CNIL recently announced that even with the use of Google Analytics custom features, transfers are still not legal in the absence of a transfer deal between Europe and the US. This announcement was added in the
June 23, 2022 Comments (0) Share