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Anyone who has been following the “AI models & personal data” discussion can probably guess which vote of an Art. 64(2) GDPR Opinion will be on the agenda on that day. Want to know more? Read up on the topic here: https://lnkd.in/eVE4NSwd data protection
Now for a different “Consent or Pay” anecdote (not mine though!): a night club tells those trying to get in that they need to download an app and scan a code after registering. It later turns out the alternative was to pay 10�. Is this “Pay or OK” in relation to non-digital services? The context […]
What should you urgently do during the first two weeks of 2024? Respond to the European Data Protection Board’s public consultation on ePrivacy. Why? Every single interaction with information on a computer or information sent over the Internet will require a justification or consent, following the EDPB’s proposed guidelines on the technical scope of Art. […]
Another (Austrian) decision showing the pressing need for a better ePrivacy approach. “[C]ookies set by the Google reCAPTCHA service are not necessary for the operation of a website […] regardless of the fact that preventing bot input is advantageous for website operators. The implementation of reCAPTCHA is not technically necessary for the operation of the […]
Just over a month left to comment on the EDPB’s expansive ePrivacy guidelines*. Your business is more impacted than you think, so react quickly. Here are some observations based on my discussions with clients: – This has a very broad impact and has got several sectors worried, notably traditional digital service providers who see the […]
One of the tidbits in the Belgian Data Protection Authority’s “Management Plan 2024”: “Setting a sanctions policy, taking the EDPB’s guidelines on fines into account” (action point for 2024 for the Litigation Chamber). Interestingly for the broader question of the legal value of EDPB guidelines, this sanctions policy is described elsewhere in the document as […]
Pay or OK: can you afford to have a “free alternative without behavioural advertising” next to a version of the service funded by profile-based advertising? Meta has just launched its own implementation of the European Data Protection Board’s requirement (see press release by Meta and article in the Wall Street Journal, linked to hereunder), and […]
Going to IAPP DPC24 in Brussels next week? Fancy having a chat? Reach out by direct message or by e-mail! I will be giving the adtech workshop on Tuesday 19 November (from 9 to 12.30 at Studios 214 & 216) and will be around the conference venue the remaining days – be sure to say […]
Why every company with digital activities should comment on the EDPB�s new ePrivacy guidelines” – the short(er) version of the two-parter I published the past week on the new EDPB guidelines on Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. *** So much for tackling consent fatigue. If unchanged, the new EDPB guidelines on what is known […]
Part II of my assessment of the EDPB’s new guidelines on the ePrivacy rule on cookies, mentioning URL tracking, pixels, user identifiers and IP addresses. I announced this would be a negative review – I’m left with the impression that the “guidelines” were drafted with a particular intent in mind. The words of the ePrivacy […]