The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) is exploring the use of emotion-recognition AI in society for an upcoming report on AI and algorithmic risks, it said Friday. The report will consider trends and developments in using algorithms and emotion-recognition AI in the Netherlands, it said.
A plan aimed at boosting cross-border cooperation in enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could end up making things worse, Austrian privacy advocacy group Noyb warned Thursday.
France's privacy authority CNIL and its Treasury said it will host an in-person and online discussion about the economic impact of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Poland's data retention regime violates the General Data Protection Regulation, Polish digital activists said Wednesday. To challenge the regime, members of Panoptykon Foundation, part of the European Digital Rights organization, said they'll ask the four largest telcos to delete activists' personal data stored for law enforcement purposes in the prior year.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced Wednesday that it fined DPP Law Ltd $80,000 (£60,000) after a cyberattack resulted in highly sensitive and confidential personal information being published on the dark web.
The Dutch business sector isn't prepared to use algorithms that process personal data, the country's data protection agency (AP) said Wednesday.
Meta will train its AI models using photos and posts from Facebook and Instagram users in the European Economic Area starting at the end of May, the Norwegian data protection authority warned Tuesday. It provided information about the training and what people can do about it.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) Tuesday warned 50 organizations to clean up their cookie banner act and stop tracking visitors intrusively.
The Turkish data protection authority published a good practices guide on protecting personal data in the payment and electronic money sector. It noted that radical changes created by technological developments in the financial sector have created business models such as money transfer and mobile payment services and, consequently, more intensive collection of people's personal information.
The EU and Canada agreed on the transfer and use of airline passenger name record (PNR) data, the EU Council announced Monday. PNR data includes names, travel dates, seat numbers, contact details and means of payment. Once the agreement is finalized, the EU will be able to shift such information to Canada to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offenses and serious transnational crimes, the Council said.