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Podcast time again, with The Monopoly Report on the Digital Omnibus (focus on GDPR and ePrivacy changes). In this episode, Alan Chapell and I discuss the apparent intentions of the Commission, the link with case law of the EU Court of Justice, possible reactions from data protection regulators and more. Its publication this Wednesday ties […]
As I was in a meeting when the European Data Protection Board opened registration for its pseudonymisation stakeholder event of 12 December 2025, I missed the short (approx. 1h) registration window and they placed me on a waiting list instead – a pity given my frequent interventions on the EU Court of Justice’s SRB judgment […]
Myth-busting time! This week, the EDPB published its Opinion on AI models & personal data, and then the Italian authority revealed it had fined OpenAI. But unlike what some are suggesting, the Italian decision *predates* the EDPB Opinion by a month. So let’s dispel a few myths surrounding that Opinion: – “Game changer”? The positions […]
Full analysis likely to come in the coming days, but some first thoughts on the EDPB’s “AI models & personal data” Opinion. In essence, the EDPB doesn’t exclude anything entirely but leaves it up to national supervisory authorities to make a call in cases they are handling – and while it doesn’t prohibit relying on […]
When I pointed out issues with the DMA-GDPR Guidelines & resulting risks for *all* controllers (not just gatekeepers), the EDPB’s Gwendal Le Grand said something to the effect of “Don’t just post about it, submit a response”. So here we go, a copy of the response submitted yesterday to the public consultation by the Commission […]
From fishing (instead of the GDPR) to a random “v” having appeared instead of a few words (a typo upon deletion?), the Commission’s GDPR & Data Act Omnibus feels like a rushed document. But what does it cover really? I’m focussing here on GDPR & ePrivacy: – Personal data definition: I like the idea of […]
Really interesting insights from Greet Gysen from the EDPB at the Nordic Privacy and Innovation Summit in Stockholm. Part of the consequences of the “Helsinki statement” adopted by the European Data Protection Board are that the EDPB will be consulting stakeholders more in advance – this much we knew already. She also highlighted that the […]
Privacy-enhancing technologies: “death by ePrivacy”? PETs were on the agenda of the IAPP DPC24 in Brussels this week, but few talked about the dangers to PETs caused by evolving positions of regulators. PETs (for ads with less data, content-focussed analytics, etc.) are being worked on by companies of all backgrounds and sizes and touted as […]
Key points from (& thoughts on) draft GDPR Digital Omnibus: First, Art. 4(1) GDPR would be completed with an SRB-like statement (great news), plus a mitigation of abusive interpretation of the Scania judgment (also great news). Art. 4(15) on “data concerning health” would also finally be more specific, avoiding some of the more awkward and […]
Some thoughts on today’s EDPB “Pay or Consent” stakeholder event – in practice one about the future of GDPR enforcement, consent, adtech and even the future of the Internet: – At times, things got heated in our breakout room between two camps, typically privacy rights campaigners + contextual ad solution providers on the one hand […]
