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ePrivacy news: the EDPB’s Guidelines on the technical scope of Art. 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive were voted with *all* members of the European Data Protection Board present. The Minutes of the EDPB’s meeting of 7 and 8 October 2024 say the following: “The EDPB members adopted the Revised Guidelines 2/2023 on the Technical Scope […]
My thoughts on today’s EDPB stakeholder event on AI models & personal data: – The EDPB didn’t reveal anything, but the wording of the questions submitted suggests certain assumptions will underlie the upcoming Opinion. – We had interesting exchanges among stakeholders in Group C, and I heard that there were also lively discussions in the […]
They will cover many scenarios” – quite an understatement regarding the EDPB’s new guidelines on Art. 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive (expanding its scope from cookies and the like to even IP addresses, URLs, pixels and more, through a broad interpretation of what “access” is). Before publishing an analysis of the “content” part of the […]
It’s out – new EDPB consultation on guidelines re Art 5(3) ePrivacy Directive. Key section, will post additional thoughts later: “Article 5(3) ePD applies if: a. CRITERION A: the operations carried out relate to �information�. It should be noted that the term used is not �personal data�, but �information�. b. CRITERION B: the operations carried […]
The European Data Protection Board is at it again: an urgent procedure has been launched to obtain clarification on “some of the core issues that arise in the context of processing for the purpose of developing and training an AI model”. The aim? To bring “some much needed clarity into this complex area”. Yet the […]
Quick reminder ahead of next week’s adoption by the EDPB of its (revised?) ePrivacy guidelines – here are the links to my in-depth critique of the version that was published for public consultation: Part I (competence): https://lnkd.in/egwqt-mf Part II (content): https://lnkd.in/ehdihkSM Plus some of the feedback on those guidelines: – Submission on behalf of certain […]
1.000 registered – and counting. The “Future of User Consent” webinar of 24 Sept., where I am speaking alongside Max Schrems of noyb.eu, Romain Gauthier of Didomi and Willy Mikalef of Bird & Bird looks set to have a broad range of attendees. On the agenda are some of the top data protection, GDPR, ePrivacy […]
Panel I’m moderating at RAID: EDPB Chair Anu Talus, Luxembourg CNPD President Tine A. Larsen, Deputy Head of Data Protection Unit at the Commission’s DG Justice Karolina Mojzesowicz, MEP Brando Benifei and Gibson Dunn Partner Ahmed Baladi. Topic: “Making Tech Legislation Work in Practice Time: noon CET on Tuesday 24 September Key topics: – What […]
No “reject all” button? Different colours in a cookie banner? Belgian DPA orders a change, based on “dark pattern” allegations and lack of freely given consent. Readers know I have my doubts on this, due because “in the physical world” we are led to make choices all the time based on product colours (some of […]
This should be fun! Didomi has invited me to share the floor with Max Schrems during a webinar on 24 Sept. on the Future of User Consent. I don’t always agree with Max or noyb.eu, whether in my personal conviction or through my professional work (in fact, I have/had a few litigation cases where we […]
