U.S. attempts to pressure the EU to back off its digital rules could backfire against American tech companies, telecom consultant Innocenza Genna wrote Dec. 24 on his blog.
The new year will bring continued focus on the EU digital omnibus, GDPR reform in the U.K. and EU, AI governance, and cross-border data transfers, privacy lawyers predicted.
As retail marketing picks up speed, online advertisers and publishers are increasingly eyeing data clean rooms (DCRs) to ensure GDPR compliance, Fieldfisher data protection attorney Stephan Zimprich said in an interview last week.
French data protection watchdog CNIL hit Mobius Solutions, a subcontractor that ran personalized advertising campaigns for Deezer, with a 1 million euro ($1.2 million) fine for serious GDPR violations, including failing to delete millions of people's data after ending its association with the music streaming app, it said Friday.
Most proposed changes to the GDPR in the European Commission's digital omnibus package would, if approved, diverge in some respects from U.K. data protection law, Stephenson Harwood data protection attorneys said in a Nov. 27 analysis that assessed how the 10 key proposed GDPR changes compare with U.K. law. However, they are unlikely to affect either side's data transfer adequacy decisions, said Hogan Lovells privacy lawyer Eduardo Ustaran.
China is crafting guardrails for applications and AI development and has spoken with the U.S. about AI safety issues, Lan Xue, a Brookings Institution visiting nonresident fellow, said Thursday at a streamed Forum Global International AI Summit in Brussels.
India's detailed Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) will potentially be a substantial compliance burden for companies, Kochlar & Company technology attorney Stephen Mathias said in a Hogan Lovells podcast Thursday.
X breached its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and should pay a 120 million euros ($140 million) fine, the European Commission said Friday in its first non-compliance decision under the law. X didn't immediately comment.
Lawyers and privacy advocates are raising questions about a key proposal in the European Commission's digital omnibus package that aims to reform the GDPR by allowing legitimate interests as a legal basis for processing personal data for AI models.
Children's privacy rights are a key focus of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA), newly elected Chair Philippe Dufresne said Wednesday during a streamed Future of Privacy Forum discussion. Much of the assembly's work has centered on the best interests of children, including topics such as the challenges of social media, targeted ads and exposure to privacy breaches, he said.