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The smart glasses debate has brought to the fore reactionary views that have been prevalent throughout history, at least since the portable camera was invented. In my previous deep dive (“Blinded by the LED: smart glasses, GDPR, and the illusion of hardware indicators“), I highlighted the fact that the same arguments being made today about […]
Smart glasses are attracting much attention these days. Already significant sales seem to pale in comparison to the explosion of social commentary on them, just as the segment of camera-enabled wearables is growing also in terms of form factors and devices, with AI-powered pins, portable speakers and even headphones around the corner. A few months […]
How the EDPB’s attempt to rewrite key data protection concepts creates more issues than it solves Through its Guidelines 02/2026 on Anonymisation of 7 July 2026, the European Data Protection Board seems at first glance to have done the honourable thing: admitting defeat and moving on. But behind the apparent recognition of the relative nature […]
Another week, another product announcement from someone involving AI in your pocket, on your wrist, in front of your eyes. I have met people whose lives have literally been transformed as a result of some of these tools, such as an individual who is suddenly able to use a camera in glasses to film his […]
What does the EU Council’s draft Presidency compromise text on the GDPR & ePrivacy Digital Omnibus tell us? (1) The Council (for now) seems to recognise the need to clarify the concept of “personal data”. As a Recital 27a would provide: The identification of a natural person should be assessed *ex ante and in concreto*, […]
The clear repudiation of an “absolute” concept of personal data has thrown a sharp focus on the process of pseudonymisation in the world of data protection. Through its SRB judgment of 4 September 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) made it clear that personal data that has undergone pseudonymisation can be […]
From fishing (instead of the GDPR) to a random “v” having appeared instead of a few words (a typo upon deletion?), the Commission’s GDPR & Data Act Omnibus feels like a rushed document. But what does it cover really? I’m focussing here on GDPR & ePrivacy: – Personal data definition: I like the idea of […]
In law, the choice of words matters, and a given interpretation can mean the difference between a behaviour being permitted or prohibited. When some recently claimed that the Cologne Higher Regional Court might have misinterpreted one of the European Union’s newer data-related acts, the Digital Markets Act (DMA for short), the challenge to the judges’ […]
Does training of AI systems involve the processing of personal data, and is it permitted under the GDPR? These were the two fundamental questions that I have already looked into in two previous articles: On the date of that second article, the Cologne Higher Regional Court (the Oberlandesgericht Köln – the Cologne HRC) delivered a […]
The European Commission’s announcement that it will consider simplifying regulatory regimes, notably in relation to data and technology, seems to open Pandora’s box. Is it a chance to draw lessons from what works well and what works less well? In this series on “Better Regulation” in relation to the digital economy, I will be exploring […]
