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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 […]
AI Hallucinations and Data Subject Rights under the GDPR: Regulatory Perspectives and Industry Responses” – really insightful paper on the links between the GDPR and the way AI models work. Worth the read (and do check out the links on page 4, not just the one to my op-ed on the issue – https://lnkd.in/eYXabSfs – […]
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 […]
Register now for the free webinar of Friday 15 November (noon CET) on Personalised Advertising and “Consent or Pay” (critical perspectives on EDPB guidance and regulatory considerations). Moderated by Etienne Drouard (Hogan Lovells), my co-panellists include Townsend FEEHAN (IAB Europe), Daniela GOMEZ (Groupe TF1) and Dirk Freytag (BVDW). Registration link: https://lnkd.in/diwE3Ybj This is ahead of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
