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*facepalm* Anti-fraud measures require consent in the context of e-mail tracking? “Thanks a lot”, regulated industries will say, as there are many sectors where anti-fraud measures are *required by law*. Even in industries where this isn’t the case, requiring consent for anti-fraud defeats their very purpose. Really, which fraudster will consent to the use of […]
Some food for thought re adtech & metrics, whether you are publisher, CMP or vendor – six points based on recent discussions with a range of clients (and based on the things they need assistance with): 1. Are you sure you are involved in the processing of personal data? The notion of “personal data” has […]
This is an article that I wrote in the context of a Chatham House rules roundtable on questions to be tackled more extensively in the future regarding the interaction between AI systems & data protection. This particular one relates to AI agents and the notion of authority, notably as regards (i) the user’s perspective (subordination?), […]
In Belgium? Speak Dutch and French? Active in data protection? Mark 2 September in your agenda for an exclusive event regarding the Belgian DPA’s Litigation Chamber. More details soon, but it should be really fun, and I am honoured to be among the excellent panel of speakers! (Stay tuned – limited seating, and in an […]
Not a “what ABC taught me about privacy” thing, but a man held on for dear life to the seat in front of him as the plane banked (normally) on my flight back from a great conference in Vilnius. It did bring me back to what I had been telling the hundreds of attendees to […]
That was fast – less than a week after a CJEU judgment stating that it may be necessary for a controller to reveal the identity of the persons (e.g. employees) who processed personal data (C-579/21), the Belgian DPA applies that reasoning (in a separate case from the one handled by the CJEU) and orders a […]
Today’s release of an artificialintelligence fairness toolkit (Veritas Toolkit v2.0) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore is an occasion to recall that there is no plug-and-play tool for everyone – but toolkits can be a useful source of inspiration. Released under an Apache 2.0 open source licence, the diagnosis tool (in Python) and assessment tool […]
The Irish Data Protection Commission’s statement of 21 May 2025 “on Meta AI” (just like the judgment coming today in a German court case) provides a great excuse to talk briefly about GDPR legal grounds & AI model training, while I continue to work on the next part of my Better Regulation series (that next […]
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 […]
Why the “TCF is illegal” claim is incorrect (and why both sides are saying opposite things): 1. The claim for joint controllership of IAB Europe over further processing (and OpenRTB in particular) was denied. This is significant. Some plaintiffs expressed their disappointment with the CJEU’s position on this during a conference at the VUB (Free […]
