EU data protection authority calls for stronger AI regulations
Europe's data protection authority has issued a call to increase the protection of "fundamental rights".
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued an opinion on 13 October 2022 welcoming the opening of negotiations for a Council of Europe convention on artificial intelligence, human ... Read more
Europol’s data practices attract lawsuit from EU’s top data authority
The EDPS, which supervises the data privacy of European institutions, has asked Europe's highest court to overturn regulation changes that allow Europol to retroactively legalize personal data storage on individuals with no ties to criminal activity. The EDPS argues that the changes weaken its auth... Read more
ServiceNow will facilitate European data hosting in the bloc
ServiceNow, the digital workflow company, will allow customers to request their European data be hosted and handled exclusively within the bloc. The service is designed to help customers comply with the law, the expanded existing legal parameters, and technical safeguards that are in place for data... Read more
EU privacy watchdog says facial recognition should be banned
Europe's most powerful privacy protection organization calls for a ban on facial recognition in public spaces.
Europe should ban facial recognition because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives. So says the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), Europe... Read more