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
Successor Privacy Shield approved: Schrems’s turn again
A successor to Privacy Shield received official approval from the European Commission on Monday. This allows ...
“Avast sold data of millions of its free antivirus users”
Security vendor Avast allegedly traded the data of millions of users globally with a number of free antivirus...
European websites do not appear to train Google’s AI models
Google is defending itself against criticism of its amended privacy policy. Since July 1, this policy specifi...
Meta can no longer collect user data while antitrust authorities win
Meta no longer has a legal basis to show its users personalized ads. This week, the European Union's Court of...
Google changes privacy policy to scrape content from all websites
Google is changing its privacy policy to allow itself to scrape content from all websites. The change has bee...
Research: ‘Foundation models largely non-compliant with AI Act’
Now that a preliminary version of the AI Act has been approved, AI developers can begin to get their models r...
Swedish regulator orders three firms to stop using Google Analytics
The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) announced this week that it has issued three cease and des...
Webex now complies with highest EU Cloud Code of Conduct
Cisco has announced that its proprietary Webex conferencing platform is now Level 3 Adherence compliant with ...
Google won’t pay for Canadian news links
No matter how you look at it, Big Tech companies provide news feeds that people around the world put their fa...
European Council and Parliament reach agreement on Data Act
Tuesday night, representatives of the European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agre...