On March 16, Brave filed a second EU General Data Protection Regulation complaint against Google for what it described as “Google’s internal data free-for-all.”
On 19 February the European Commission presented three papers setting out no less than the digital future of the EU. So what are they exactly and why are they not laws?
On Feb. 21, the Croatian presidency published its proposals to break the ePrivacy Regulation deadlock. Seven previous EU presidencies have tried and failed to find a compromise between member states.
Despite huge media speculation in recent weeks on what it would say about facial recognition, the “White Paper on Artificial Intelligence” stopped well short of recommending a two- to three-year ban that had appeared in earlier leaked drafts.
Advocate General (AG) of Europe’s highest court said that indiscriminate data retention by telecommunications providers is disproportionate and may breach fundamental rights and enable mass snooping.
On 9 January, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee, LIBE, discussed the Privacy Shield arrangement between the EU and the US. One question about whether the EU could do a deal with a single US state stood out.
Could California have its own Privacy Shield arrangement separate from the rest of the U.S.? That was the most exciting question that emerged from a discussion about the data-transfer agreement’s third annual review at the European Parliament Thursday.
We live in an Age of Disinformation. Political campaigning — often verging on propaganda — has existed for centuries, so what’s changed. Why has the transition to a digital advertising space caused so much concern?
This week, the Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council of the European Union once again rejected the latest draft of the ePrivacy Regulation. The Nov. 22 vote means that the member states still cannot agree on a common position this year.
Halt Mass Collection of #Biometric Data Say NGOs by Yours Truly https://t.co/V42QoQRAZi #privacy #surveillance #dataprotection
On 4 June we're hosting the second in our Mozilla Mornings series on the EU Digital Services Act. This one focuses on online advertising and micro-targeting, with a stellar cast of @woelken; @szymielewicz; @bgeurkink; Stephen Dunne (UK CDEI); @ShmaeganM; and @BrusselsGeek 🤓😃
#ProgressiveECON On the 27th May we will discuss the agenda for the incoming 🇩🇪 Presidency and the adaptation of the EU financial & investment strategy in the aftermath of the pandemic. With @ElisaFerreiraEC @AlesChmelar
& @jakob_eu
Join the debate: https://t.co/F77O7aMKaY
Killjoys. 🙄😜 #BarnardCastle
Great chatting to @BrusselsGeek and @PabloPerezA last week on #EU social media
Some key points:
🙋 let citizens take over and tell their own stories
🔥 take more risks with both content and style
✅ focus on the positive, even when others go negative
What are your top tips? https://t.co/SfInD1JuM8
