Private detectives and police were paid to deliver personal information on staff and job applicants.

The starting point for information about the AI Incident Database

Online advertising causes the world's biggest data breach. ICCL is going to court in Germany to stop it. ICCL's lawsuit takes aim at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Verizon, AT&T, and the entire online advertising and tracking industry, by challenging…

The Commission has launched the process towards adoption of the adequacy decision for the transfer of personal data to the Republic of Korea. It will cover transfers of personal data to the Republic of Korea's commercial operators as well as public authorities.…

Mise à jour suite à l'arrêt Schrems II de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne

Brussels, 21 June - The EDPB and EDPS have adopted a joint opinion on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI). The EDPB and the EDPS strongly welcome the aim of addressing the use of…

The Australian privacy watchdog’s investigation into controversial facial recognition service Clearview AI is still ongoing nearly 12 months after it was launched, as the company faces legal action across Europe. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner…

Mise à jour le 24 juin 2021 suite à la publication de la loi n° 2021-689 du 31 mai 2021 relative à la gestion de la sortie de crise sanitaire.

The Ombudsman's report on agencies' compliance with the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 says agencies are bad at destroying data.

GDPR has ‘massive flaws’ and suffers from endless ‘infighting,’ says Johannes Caspar, seen as one of the EU’s toughest data watchdogs

The Scottish Government and its agencies have breached data protection rules almost 2,000 times since the introduction of GDPR in 2018, it can be revealed.

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Contiene informazioni personali, possono diventare bersaglio (ANSA)

Le 18 mai 2021, la Présidente de la CNIL a décidé de mettre en demeure une vingtaine d’organismes éditant des sites à forte fréquentation et ayant des pratiques contraires à la législation sur les cookies.

Some federal agencies had their own facial recognition databases, but most used private companies like Clearview AI and Amazon, which offers a tool called Rekognition. Many couldn't say for sure which systems they had used.

In newsletter #87, catch up on the latest EDPB - EDPS Joint Opinion on Artificial Intelligence; find out how you can learn more about data protection with the EDPS' new online training programme; read the EDPS' curated Case Law Digest on international transfers…