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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
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Adequacy decisions adopted for EU-UK data transfers

Adequacy decisions adopted by the European Union for the UK regarding data transfers.   The European Commission has recently adopted adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom. Since Brexit there has been some question as to the UK’s adequacy, or rather the level of protection afforded to data transfers between the EU and the UK. With
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Call for a ban on facial recognition: EDPB and EDPS release a joint statement

The EDPB and EDPS have made a collaborative call for a ban on facial recognition for automated recognition in public spaces.     The EDPB and EDPS call for a ban on the use of AI for biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces. This includes facial recognition, fingerprints, DNA, voice recognition and other biometric or behavioral
junio 24, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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New SCCs adopted for international data transfers

New SCCs adopted by the European Commission last week introduce more legal and privacy safeguards for data transfers.    Since the CJEU‘s Schrems II decision last July, affecting transfers outside the EU via Standard Contractual Clauses, SCC’s have been the topic of much discussion regarding data transfers. These SCCs have been used by numerous companies
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New EU law imposes a time limit on tech giants to remove content

New EU law imposes a time limit of one hour on tech giants to remove terrorist content.    Last month, a new EU law was adopted by the European Parliament, forcing online platforms to remove terrorist content within an hour of receiving a removal order from a competent authority. According to a report from Euractiv,
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SCCs and Privacy Shield replacement updates, what can we expect?

SCCs and Privacy Shield replacement are both of paramount importance to trans-Atlantic data flows, however, right now the focus may be more on new SCCs.     Almost one year since the CJEU “Schrems II” decision, a new EU-US privacy shield may still be far off. However, with Standard Contractual Clauses being upheld and used quite
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The new EU AI Regulation : leaked document reveals intentions to establish rules for high risk AI

New EU AI Regulation revealed in a recently leaked document, include several intended legislations specific to high risk AI.    The European Commission has proposed a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council aimed at governing the use, and sale of high risk AI within the European Union. In a recently leaked document,
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Digital Green Certificates: the EDPB and EDPS release a joint opinion

Digital Green Certificates have been a topic of debate lately, and the EDPB & EDPS have released a joint opinion on this, regarding data protection and privacy. Digital Green Certificates, which some refer to as “vaccine passports” are, contrary to popular belief, not specific to vaccines. In actuality, the digital green certificates or passes, as
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German Facebook case forwarded to ECJ with questions pending

Facebook case forwarded to ECJ after Facebook appealed German competition authority’s order to halt data collection practices.    In recent times, Facebook has come under fire for its data collection practices, which span several integrated platforms. The company has been accused of ‘superprofiling’, and has been in court with German authorities regarding a pro-privacy order,
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French court ruling provides greater context to the application of “Schrems II” under the GDPR

French court ruling provides further guidance as to the application of “Schrems II”, as data hosted by subsidiary of US company is found to be protected.    France’s highest administrative court ruled earlier this month that the hosting of a booking platform for COVID-19 vaccinations on Amazon Web Service, also known as AWS, was indeed
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