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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 […]
What a sight outside during our debate today on “Privacy by Design Online Marketing”, with Tobias Judin ?????? of the Norwegian DPA / Datatilsynet (great exchanges between us of course), Dr. Sachiko Scheuing of Acxiom/FEDMA (ever practical insights into how organisations approach digital marketing) and Luca Bolognini of ICT Legal Consulting (fantastic ideas regarding transparency), […]
What a week! So what’s next? After 3 speaker slots at CPDP2024 (featuring some of the most heated exchanges of the entire conference), one webinar, and loads of really good discussions on the biggest data protection topics (“Pay or OK”, “Advertising, data protection and AI”, “balancing of fundamental rights: protection of personal data vs/with freedom […]
Let the name-calling begin. Companies looking to leverage data are now told that it is just like they are responsible for oil spills, cancer and drug cartel violence. As a lawyer working for some of the companies facing these absurd comparisons, I thought I would tackle another controversial stance now: just how absolute (or relative) […]
Is this about having their cake and eating it too? Norway, Netherlands & Hamburg want European regulators to take a position on “pay or consent” (or “pay or OK” or “pay or data”, however you wish to call it), and the Norwegian data protection authority says in this respect that “it will still be possible […]
Reading through the CNIL’s new decision against Yahoo on cookies brings back to mind a question that has stuck with me for well over a decade: what is the exact reasoning that has led many EU-based authorities to say that advertising cookies/etc. are not strictly necessary for the provision of a service, and why does […]
