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Category: ePrivacy

Series of injunctions issued by CNIL

A series of injunctions have been issued by CNIL of France, for the mismanagement of a database containing fingerprints.   The CNIL of France has recently issued a series of injunctions to a government ministry – the Ministry of the Interior, for the alleged illegal storage of data, poor file management, and a lack of

Retrospective facial recognition to be used by the London police

Retrospective facial recognition to be used by London police starting late this year or early next year.     The UK’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has gotten authorization to use retrospective facial recognition technology, and will likely begin buying and using the technology as early as the end of this year. This technology has been

Facebook View sunglasses questioned by Irish and Italian authorities

Facebook View sunglasses questioned by the Irish and Italian authorities, regarding whether they effectively notify data subjects that they are being recorded.     A new product by Facebook in collaboration with Ray Ban, is now coming under question by European data protection authorities. The product, called “Facebook View” was introduced to the general public

Right to erasure: Controller ordered to delete photos

Right to erasure is behind Slovenia supervisory authority IPRS’s recent decision, ordering a controller to delete 88 photos.   Slovenian SA recently ordered a data controller to delete a collection of 88 photos of a data subject, taken over a period of time 7 to 15 years ago. The order, which came this July, was

Facial recognition technology use by US federal agencies

Facial Recognition Technology use: A Survey of Current and Future Uses by US Federal Agencies. Facial recognition technology use by both the public and private sector has been the topic of much debate worldwide. In Europe, in recent years, there have been calls for a ban on the use of this technology, giving authorities time

Cookie consent pop-ups among the ICO’s intended topics of discussion at the recent G7 meeting

Cookie consent pop-ups need to be tackled in order to provide more meaningful consent and a better browsing experience, according to the ICO.   At a recent meeting for the data protection authorities of G7 countries, the ICO decided to tackle the topic of cookie consent pop-ups. The ICO has mentioned that there have been

Post-Brexit UK to overhaul privacy rules

Post-Brexit UK to overhaul privacy rules in an attempt to increase effectiveness while maintaining adequacy with the EU and other nations.  The British government is looking forward to creating new privacy rules based on “common sense, not box-ticking”. The new privacy rules might drift the UK away from the EU data protection regulations, including the

TikTok fined by Dutch DPA

TikTok fined by Dutch DPA for failure to provide translated information to users The video sharing social networking app TikTok was recently fined by the Dutch DPA, according to this report from the EDPB. Upon investigation into apps typically used by minors, it was discovered that the information provided when installing the app (including the

EU approves emergency measures for children’s protection

Temporary emergency measures for children’s protection have just been adopted by European Parliament.   Temporary emergency measures for children’s protection were adopted by European Parliament on July 6th. This regulation will allow electronic communication service providers to scan private online messages containing any display of child sex abuse. The European Commission reported that almost 4

Fine imposed for unsecured website

Fine imposed for unsecured website for registration of new orthodontic patients.    Patient personal data was found to be at risk, including citizen service numbers, when an orthodontic practice allowed new patients to sign up via an unsecured website. According to this report, several fields of mandatory personal information were captured on an unsecured connection.