The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is participating in an EU-wide enforcement focus on people's right to the erasure of their personal data, it announced Monday.
The U.K. Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled Monday that disclosure of the "bare details" of a dispute over British government access to Apple's encrypted Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system won't harm the public or prejudice national security.
A European Data Protection Board (EDPB) study on the secondary use of personal data in scientific research found "no uniform approach or interpretation" among EU countries.
The European Data Protection Board will consider the state of play of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework under the Trump Administration at its April 8 meeting (see REF:2504030004]). Also up for discussion are possible guidelines on processing personal data through blockchain technologies, and cooperation with the EU AI Office on guidelines relating to the interplay of the AI Act with data protection law.
Sweden's National Agency for Privacy Protection is auditing two search services that publish information about violations of the law, it announced Wednesday. The watchdog said it has received many complaints about search services that publish personal data about the population, especially information on criminal offenses and convictions.
Poland's data protection authority issued guidance Wednesday to help data controllers decide when to perform a data protection impact assessment (DPIA). It noted that the General Data Protection Regulation doesn't require a DPIA for every processing operation a controller plans to carry out, but an assessment is mandatory if that processing, in particular involving new technologies, is likely to result in a high risk to someone's rights or freedoms.
The Hamburg Commission for Data Protection and Freedom of Information published a report Tuesday on its 2024 data protection activities.
The Austrian Data Protection Authority announced a review of state police directorates' compliance with General Data Protection Regulation provisions on data processing. The authority said its inspection will focus on how police bodies are implementing data subjects' right to erasure of their data and the mechanisms by which they allow people to exercise their rights.
Facial recognition technology brings "clear benefits" for preventing and detecting crime, but it relies on processing large amounts of sensitive personal data, so its use must be necessary and proportionate, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said in a statement Wednesday.
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority Tuesday published answers to frequently asked questions about AI from applicants and participants in its regulatory sandbox.