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X/Twitter Under Investigation by EU in First DSA Move
Richi Jennings | | Digital Services Act, Elon Musk, elon musk twitter, eu, European Commission, European Governments, European legislation, European Security, European Union, European Union (EU), Margrethe Vestager, SB Blogwatch, Schrems, Stupidity of Twitter, Thierry Breton, Twitter, X
DSA VLOP Sinks In. Manipulation, deception, transparency: “We will make full use of our toolbox,” promises Europe ...
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GDPR FAIL: US Firm ‘Profiles Half the World’ — it’s Max Schrems Again
Richi Jennings | | Belgium, BICS, Data Privacy, EEA, eu, EU GDPR, EU Privacy Shield, EU-US Privacy Shield, Europe, Europe Regulation, European Compliance, European Court of Human Rights, European Digital Rights, European Union, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR compliance, gdpr eu, GDPR fine, GDPR violations, Privacy, Privacy Shield, Proximus, risk scoring, safe harbor, SB Blogwatch, Schrems, Schrems II, Scoring, social credit scores, TeleSign, Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework
NYOB accuses TeleSign, Proximus and BICS of misusing phone users’ private data. Reputation scoring = privacy violation? ...
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Facebook Fined $1.3B — Zuckerberg Furious in GDPR Fight
Richi Jennings | | Data Privacy, EEA, eu, EU GDPR, EU Privacy Shield, EU-US Privacy Shield, Europe, Europe Regulation, European Compliance, European Court of Human Rights, European Digital Rights, European Union, European Union (EU), facebook, Facebook data, facebook fine, GDPR, GDPR compliance, gdpr eu, GDPR fine, GDPR violations, Meta, Privacy, Privacy Shield, safe harbor, Schrems, Schrems II, Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework
GDPR Move for Mark’s Money: No legal way to move Europeans’ data to the US since 2015. Cloud industry better take note ...
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EDPB Wants Schrems II Compliance Now, but Clearer Guidance is Months Away
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) plans to release further guidance in the coming months on specific steps that companies can take to export personal data from the European Economic Area to ...

Another Privacy Shield Bites the Dust
While not outright eliminating the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield, the Swiss Data Protection Authority, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), announced in a position paper on September 8, 2020 that he no longer ...

Supplementing SCCs to Solve Surveillance Shortfalls
Marc Zwillinger | | Data Security, International, law enforcement, Privacy, Privacy Shield, Schrems, surveillance
This article was originally published in the IAPP Daily Dashboard on August 19, 2020. By invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield but not rejecting wholesale the use of standard contractual clauses to transfer ...