Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
EU working on own, milder proposal to limit investment in Chinese tech
The EU is not immediately adopting America's latest ban against investment in China's tech sector. There is m...
The Teams-EU saga proves authorities rarely get a grip on Big Tech
In 2020, Slack sounded the alarm: Teams' bundling within Office 365 by Microsoft was said to be unsporting. T...
Zoom publishes confusing user agreement to train AI with more data -update
Update, 7/8, 4:20 pm: The updated user agreement turned out to be too confusing. Zoom saw itself obligated t...
Meta will ask permission for personalized advertising in the EU after all
Meta is adjusting its policy around personalized advertising for EU users. This ends the imposition of person...
Apple doesn’t want every app to peer into your hardware data
Apple has restricted the use of some sensitive APIs. It only wants to allow extensive device fingerprinting i...
Biden makes acquisitions harder for big tech
The United States is coming up with stricter guidelines for larger companies looking to make acquisitions. Th...
‘OpenAI holding back GPT-4 features due to privacy concerns’
OpenAI is holding back new facial recognition features of large language model GPT-4. This due to concerns ab...
Meta awaits daily fine of €89,000 by Norway
Meta can expect a daily fine of about €89,000 from Norway for privacy violations. The privacy watchdog's de...
‘FTC investigating whether ChatGPT is harmful to consumers’
ChatGPT experienced explosive growth when it arrived on the scene late last year. However, it can count on wi...
EU approves law requiring replaceable batteries
Portable electronic devices must have replaceable batteries in the EU from 2027. A bill to this effect has be...