From Tuesday, innovative companies and public entities in the EU can transfer personal data to the European Patent Organisation without needing additional safeguards, the European Commission and EPO announced.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) endorsement of a mechanism that processes requests for deleting personal data across the advertising supply chain "is an important moment for accountability and interoperability," Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Tech Lab CEO Anthony Katsur said Tuesday in a press release.
Children and young people should be able to enjoy the online world's opportunities while facing fewer risks from it, the European Commission said Monday as it published a prototype age-verification app and guidelines for protecting minors under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Bluesky will verify ages to comply with the U.K. Online Safety Act, the social media platform said on its blog Thursday. The platform said it will deny access to adult content and disable direct messaging for users younger than 18 and those who don’t want to verify their age.
TikTok transferred European Economic Area (EEA) users' personal data to servers in China, the Irish Data Protection Commission said Thursday as it launched a probe into the social media platform's activities.
Organizations exporting data from France must ensure it will be protected in a way that's substantially equivalent to safeguards in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), France's CNIL said in a guide it published Wednesday.
French data protection authority CNIL and the French Association of Data Protection Officers (AFCDP) believe data protection officers (DPOs) can help introduce privacy concepts to parents in social and professional groups. As such, the two organizations announced a toolkit for DPOs to use when they address parents in public and private workplaces about protecting their children online.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on Tuesday welcomed a ruling that it had the power to fine TikTok 12.7 million pounds ($17.2 million) for U.K. General Data Protection Regulation breaches.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is planning to relax some enforcement of consent requirements for companies that stop using intrusive tracking technologies, it said Monday (see 2504280042).
Cookies on websites that measure audience or performance statistics may be exempt from consent requirements under certain conditions, French data protection agency CNIL said July 4 as part of an advisory.