Age-verification tools are not a silver bullet that will protect children and young people on internet sites and social media platforms, speakers said Monday at a session of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) offered preliminary support Thursday for an upcoming European Commission proposal to make changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Irish Data Protection Commission Deputy Commissioner Cian O'Brien sees a "welcome trend" toward greater agreement among EU data protection authorities (DPAs) in enforcement cases. He spoke Friday during an IAPP webinar about the office's decision against TikTok.
The GDPR’s Article 5 data-processing principles will likely remain intact, but there’s potential for compromise on revisions to other data-processing requirements in forthcoming negotiations, a center-right digital policy advisor for the European Parliament said Friday at the Privacy + Security Forum spring academy.
The global health care and life sciences sectors face major regulatory challenges in the U.S. and Europe from data transfer and cybersecurity laws, speakers said Thursday during an IAPP webinar.
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EU plans for cutting red tape in measures such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and AI Act, if done pragmatically, will help rather than hamper innovation, lawyers and academics told us.
An Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) decision to fine TikTok $600 million for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) breaches (see 2505020001) highlights the increasing scrutiny on transfers to and from a broader range of countries than just the U.S., EU and U.K., IAPP Research Director Joe Jones said Friday.
TikTok's transfer of Europeans' personal data to China violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced Friday. It fined the social media platform $600 million (530 million euros) and ordered it to clean up its act within six months or face suspension of its data transfers to China. TikTok said it will appeal.
The increased number of massive data leaks in France last year calls for tightening security when processing large volumes of data, French privacy watchdog CNIL said Wednesday. The incidents involved several million people and both public and private actors, it noted.