European Parliament votes in favour of GDPR additional procedural rules. I wrote a few months ago about the concerns I have with the GDPR Procedural Regulation (GPR), highlighting its potential for abuse regarding the scope of complaints – see input here: https://lnkd.in/ef527U3N Today, the European Parliament just voted in favour of this unfortunately flawed piece […]
Ad blocker on? Aside from meaning “I want all content for free, no matter the cost for the provider”, did you check who decides which ads/scripts/cookies to allow or block, and if this is even legal? Several browser extensions (even some browsers) now prevent certain scripts/cookies/… from loading. This creates “dark traffic”, web traffic that […]
GDPR & DMA at CEDPO: Another great discussion (and a mini bit of sparring too) with Gwendal Le Grand, together with Borja Martínez Corral and our moderator Natascha Gerlach. Readers know how often I get to write critically about the European Data Protection Board, and my first thoughts on their DMA-GDPR Guidelines drafted together with […]
Nothing like a last minute extra – just stepped in to moderate a great discussion with the excellent Herke Kranenborg and Yann Padova after their two co-speakers were unfortunately prevented from attending the CEDPO Conference (no, it wasn’t meant to be a “manel”). Great exchanges on the pragmatism and complications of the SRB judgment of […]
Going through the European Data Protection Board’s list of key topics for its stakeholder event on 5 November on AI models (thanks EDPB for confirming my participation!), I hope all attendees will have had the chance to carefully read the following materials (in their entirety): – My in-depth article on the two key topics, i.e. […]
If you are (interested) in AdTech, privacy-enhancing technologies, GDPR enforcement, identifiers, etc., you’ll want to attend this IAPP workshop on 19 November 2024: “AdTech and Privacy: Prospects and Pitfalls” (half-day intensive workshop, 9 to 12.30 CET). Led by Dr. Sachiko Scheuing (FEDMA / Acxiom), featuring Elena Turtureanu (Adform), Nathalie Laneret (Criteo), Matthias Matthiesen (TripleLift), Enrico […]
Not a gatekeeper? No matter – the DMA-GDPR Guidelines of the EDPB & European Commission are important: the EDPB’s input aims to ensure consistency in the interpretation of the GDPR. I’ll go through all 55 pages before next week’s great CEDPO panel with the EDPB’s own Gwendal Le Grand, Borja Martínez Corral and our moderator […]
SRB: Do potential cyber attacks matter when assessing whether pseudonymisation is sufficient to make personal data cease to be “personal” from the perspective of a recipient? Short answer: no, they shouldn’t. Why is that? In my extensive analysis of the SRB judgment and its practical implications ( https://lnkd.in/e2eNmGUP ), I did not write much about […]
Several posters seem to agree with the EDPB’s new ePrivacy Guidelines. “Of course every computer interaction is covered”. I disagree, but let’s imagine they are right. Isn’t it still problematic that *almost nothing is exempt from consent* nowadays in the eyes of most EDPB members? First, the basics. Under Art. 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive […]
So, here’s the comparison between the EDPB’s new ePrivacy Guidelines and the version that was up for public consultation end of 2023. As you can see, not much has changed. The fundamental issues that affected the previous version (competence, overbroad interpretation that doesn’t match the actual meaning of words or the intention of the legislator, […]