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Great events I’ll have the pleasure of speaking at in May: 1?? First, an IAPP web conference on adtech where I will be speaking alongside Dr. Sachiko Scheuing (with Joe Jones as moderator). “Adtech: Practical takeaways from recent EU developments”, on 7 May 2024 (4-5pm CET; 10-11am Eastern US). Organised by the IAPP – International […]
Here it goes – my (preliminary) in-depth analysis of the EDPB’s Opinion on “Pay or Consent”. Some objective elements: – This Opinion is 42 pages full of repetition, vague concepts and emotional sections – It is based on an aversion to profile-based advertising that is never properly explained – It does not take into account […]
*Lots* to be said about the EDPB’s Opinion 08/2024 on “Consent or Pay”. One thing that strikes me throughout the document is the insistence on a “Free Alternative Without Behavioural Advertising” (= contextual ads). [Edit: full analysis now live: https://lnkd.in/eddQ4yW8 ] The reasoning goes like this: – if you are a “large online platform”, the […]
So, while we wait to see the EDPB’s Opinion on “Pay or OK”, a few things to look out for: (i) is the EDPB really going to push for a “third” option for large platforms? On what authority? (ii) I have been observing for a while that data protection regulators are adopting increasingly anti-business practices, […]
Pay or OK” is one of the big topics of right now – and ahead of the EDPB’s expected Opinion aimed at Meta’s approach and further Guidelines with a broader scope, IAB Europe has published a useful reminder that “even on digital content or services that may be well-suited for contextual, the selling of non-personalised […]
My reading right now – the ICO recognising (unlike the EDPB) the relative nature of personal data and the moving scale of identifiability. This guidance on Pseudonymisation & Anonymisation looks more promising than what the EDPB had published! Link: https://lnkd.in/eN7DacRV GDPR privacy data protection
Are Guidelines of the European Data Protection Board “challengeable acts”, and could you attack them before the General Court of the EU? What about Art. 64 GDPR Opinions of the EDPB? The Advocate General’s Opinion in the WhatsApp v EDPB case (re EDPB Binding Decisions) suggests that the answer could be “yes” regarding those Art. […]
A step towards EDPB accountability? Advocate General sides with WhatsApp in CJEU case on whether EDPB binding decisions can be challenged directly. Sure, it’s “just” an AG Opinion, but it’s well researched and argued. What it says: 1. What is a challengeable act? The AG says that some circumstances are *irrelevant* to assessing whether an […]
Readers will know that some of the EDPB’s positions in its pseudonymisation guidelines are unconvincing or absolutist by nature. Now, IAB Europe and other associations in the digital ecosystem have submitted their feedback on these guidelines, and the feedback shows the acute need for a review of those guidelines. This response is well worth the […]
Belgian DPA’s direct marketing recommendation: great first attempt, but questionable positions included. First thoughts: [The BDPA has published a new direct marketing recommendation (replacing one of 5 years ago), and it’s a very good document. A public consultation is open until 10 May, and I hope some comments will deal with its shortcomings.] – Claim […]