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When an activist joins a regulator, all is perfect – but when a former lobbyist does, that is somehow a very bad thing? A regulator’s role is not to be a one-sided attack/lap dog. Instead, they should be objective and impartial. They should weigh the pros and cons, and never be focussed only on one […]
Fun day! After moderating a RAID panel with as panelists EDPB Chair Anu Talus, Luxembourg CNPD President Tine A. Larsen, Deputy Head of Data Protection Unit at the Commission’s DG Justice Karolina Mojzesowicz, MEP Brando Benifei and Gibson Dunn Partner Ahmed Baladi, I then was a speaker in a debate alongside Max Schrems of noyb.eu, […]
Cookies: EU Commission considering more pragmatism for ePrivacy – perhaps there is hope for useful legislative changes. The Commission is holding discussions next week to gather input from civil society and industry regarding the possibility of clarifying consent exemptions under Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. As readers may know, I have often written about […]
One month into the summer consultation process (thanks EU Commission & others!), a few thoughts on the ICO’s online advertising consultation. There is still one month to respond to the “call for views” from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (soon “Information Commission”) regarding its approach to regulating online advertising: https://lnkd.in/evScibNJ I cannot stress enough the […]
A months-old German court decision on Google Tag Manager has resurfaced here, with many claiming the GDPR applies to every use of GTM or similar tools. A bit of nuance may be useful: – First, that claim that the use of IP addresses and other identifiers = always processing of personal data? Let’s first wait […]
One to watch. Based on the summary of the hearing, this looks like a continuation of the CNIL’s Orange decision and of the CJEU’s SwTL v eprimo case – if so, I fear we are going down a path of bad legal precedent after bad legal precedent. As I have previously commented, the eprimo judgment […]
Many myths and exaggerations in reactions to WhatsApp’s announcement re ads. From “everything I mention in chats is used for ads” (that’s not how digital advertising works, and Meta had even made it clear message content is never used) to “all your Instagram and Facebook data is used” (while the WhatsApp announcement suggests this only […]
*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 […]
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 […]