Bordering on artificial
September 11, 2019, CPO Magazine
Artificial Intelligence is being considered for use in border control. Why a pilot trial of facial recognition in Europe should ring alarm bells.
Facial recognition: Time to face the music?
September 3, 2019, CPO Magazine
Authorities could consider a stricter approach to the use of facial recognition technologies, and last month, a school in northern Sweden triggered the first fine for use of a facial recognition system under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Programmatic advertising or problematic advertising?
August 30, 2019, CPO Magazine
The data protection case that tackles the foundation of the internet: It’s easy to lose sight of the issue amid the “he said, she said” volley of attacks in the Brave versus IAB Europe battle, but at its heart the …
Commission urges member states to allocate resources to DPAs
August 27, 2019, IAPP
The European Commission has urged European countries to allocate sufficient resources to national data protection authorities as it is essential for authorities to be sufficiently provided for in order to ensure their “effective independence.”
Terms, Conditions and Considerations Under the GDPR
August 27, 2019, CPO Magazine
In recent months European regulators have found fault with tech giants Facebook and Google’s terms and conditions, causing DPOs at smaller companies to be understandably worried.
Schrems II hearing challenges EU-US dataflows
July 9, 2019, IAPP
The European Court of Justice hearing in case 311/18, also known as “Schrems II,” stretched arguments to the limit Tuesday and left both sides worried ruling could be sweeping.
Privacy Shield has been under fire ever since it was negotiated by the European Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce as a replacement for the faulty Safe Harbor agreement. But now, the EU-U.S. data-sharing arrangement faces its biggest obstacle yet, …
European telcos already use deep packet inspection to monitor web traffic. Soon its use for surveillance and profiling could be enshrined in law.
Two major GDPR complaints: A close-up
May 28, 2019, IAPP
One year since the EU General Data Protection Regulation came into force, and most of the commentary has focused on enforcement or compliance. But what about the complaints filed? They vary significantly from Brave et al’s sectoral complaint and NOYB’s …
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#AI use in border control. Why a pilot trial of #facialrecognition in Europe should ring alarm bells, by yours truly https://t.co/MjFDf8qtfq
Over the last few weeks, @BorisJohnson's non-plan for #Brexit has been looking increasingly like "the emperor's new clothes." I think what we saw yesterday was @Xavier_Bettel pointing out that he's stark bollock naked! The frustration from the EU side is palpable.
Good to see a Prime Minister in Luxembourg standing up for the interests of the British people. Just a pity it wasn’t the British PM https://t.co/7dFjZdj5nm
This is completely disingenuous. There were mics, I could hear @Xavier_Bettel perfectly. Now, perhaps the booing *would* have drowned out @BorisJohnson, even with microphone, but it's a lie to say he dodged the presser because he was concerned about anybody but himself!