Quitting ain’t easy and I suppose it says something that it wasn’t the data tracking, the endless scandals, the cavalier approach to laws or fundamental rights, that tipped me over the edge, but basic frustration.
The EU General Data Protection Regulation has given a new impetus to codes of conduct. But what are the big benefits of codes over certification? How will they work, and who is most in need of them?
Even the UK’s own ICO isn’t so sure. On Oct. 23, Margot James, the U.K.’s digital minister, finally admitted to a House of Commons select committee that she could not categorically guarantee an EU adequacy agreement.
Jennifer Baker is on the sofa to talk about Mark Zuckerberg’s failure to show up to a UK parliamentary hearing on Facebook.
This week Russia has stepped up its war on anonymity, while in the EU, more and more countries are opting for mandatory registration of pre-paid SIM cards and it seems only a matter of time before EU-level laws are proposed.
Facebook’s ham-fisted attempts to address the most pressing concerns around disinformation have fallen flat. Its transparency rules forcing political advertisers in the UK to publicly declare when they had paid for an advert are a fiasco!
“We have to look dangerous.” So said European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager when she sat down to talk the future of data and competition with The Privacy Advisor’s Jennifer Baker at Globsec 2018.
The more properly entitled the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, signed by 20 states on Oct.10, has been given an overhaul to bring it into line with the General Data Protection Regulation.
At the Frontier Research and Artificial Intelligence Conference, I am joined by European Research Council grantees Agnieszka Wykowska, Phil Howard, and Simon Thorpe to talk about AI, robotics and machine learning.
#Malta & #Gozo take to the streets demanding an end to corruption 25 months after #DaphneCaruanaGalizia's assassination.
The masterminds remain at large. The subjects of her investigations remain protected in Government.
We'll keep fighting.
#Truth #Justice #Accountability 💪
No. They will use it to sell ads. https://t.co/UgLiiUQIEn
Tweets of the Week is out! 🇪🇺🐦
@vonderleyen’s new titles are a bit of a flop,
@donaldtusk #Brexit speech is a major mic-drop,
and @BorisJohnson it appears can’t use a mop.
#EUtweets
Happy Friday! #EUTweets of the Week is out!
WTF @BRUSSELSAIRPORT! Security queue is currently the most ridiculously long! Can you not plan appropriately for peak times! Dreadful service
