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Age verification & Commission implementation claims

Ursula von der Leyen just announced that the European age verification app is “technically ready”, touting the lack of data sharing, while the app’s website still describes its zero-knowledge proof implementation as “experimental” and as not having yet been peer-reviewed. Perhaps something needs updating by the European Commission? Many questions remain, because saying “no excuses […]

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Improving stakeholder engagement at the EDPB

Great to see the European Data Protection Board listening to feedback! For their next stakeholder event, the EDPB is giving time to people to register their interest in participating – and it might even consider making a distinction between active and passive participants (speakers vs observers). Don’t dismiss this one just because it’s about a […]

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Does your business use profile-based advertising? Here is how to audit it

Does your business use profile-based advertising / personalised advertising, whether as publisher, advertiser or adtech intermediary? You will want to tune in to the free webinar this Friday at noon CET in which I will be discussing key topics regarding the GDPR, DSA and ePrivacy rules and the “consent or pay” debate – as well […]

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Inside the RAID panel debate with the EDPB Chair and national DPAs

Fun day! After moderating a RAID panel with as panelists 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, I then was a speaker in a debate alongside Max Schrems of noyb.eu, […]

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Previewing my data protection and adtech speaking engagements in May

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 […]

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Enterprise interest spikes for our upcoming adtech and metrics legal briefing

Great to see so many big and small(er) names of the adtech, publishing and metrics world have already registered for our 2h complimentary webinar taking place on 16 May at 3pm CET / 9am EDT, entitled “Adtech & Metrics: EU Law Evolutions and Tomorrow�s Legal Strategies”. GDPR, ePrivacy, DMA (Digital Markets Act) and DSA (Digital […]

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Spotting the irony when privacy critics use dark patterns and trick wording

Wasn’t FOMO manipulation / “trick wording” a darkpattern? Why then do some critics thereof use them? Genuinely curious. Not all do so, far from it (and some of the most prominent ones are very good at *avoiding* such techniques), but it seems that some enjoy labelling everything as “Breaking” (even information that is more than […]

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Moderating the executive regulatory panel on global data strategies at RAID

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 […]

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Registration open: legal strategies for tomorrow’s adtech and metrics rules

Registration now open for our 2h webinar on Adtech & Metrics: EU Law Evolutions and Tomorrow’s Legal Strategies! (16 May, 3pm CET) – Are you in the adtech & metrics industry or do you work for a digital platform or publisher? And are you involved in product design, Legal, Compliance, privacy or data protection? This […]

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Developing tomorrow’s legal compliance strategies for digital advertising

Adtech & metrics: EU law evolutions and tomorrow�s legal strategies” – tentative title for our next webinar mid-May, in the form of a 2h virtual & complimentary workshop. Measurement, attribution, monetisation; legal grounds and technologies. A number of key topics would be examined from a legal perspective (taking into account the broader data protection framework […]

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