Disputed ”mass surveillance” legislation ePrivacy Derogation passes
The ePrivacy Derogation was passed by the EU Parliament drawing a lot of attention; welcomed by some, boohooed by others.
The ePrivacy Derogation was passed by the EU Parliament drawing a lot of attention; welcomed by some, boohooed by others.
This report aims to raise the awareness of the general audience and serve as a resource to policy shapers and practitioners in the public and private sectors to help frame the debate around data.
Online privacy activists are challenging websites that don’t offer a simple “yes or no” choice on allowing “cookies,” trying to encourage users to agree to their activity being tracked.
EU lawmakers are close to reaching a compromise on a controversial regulation aimed at combating child sexual abuse online
Google has said it backs the need for a derogation from the ePrivacy directive and supports the notion of creating a European centre that would cover law enforcement, prevention and victim support at the EU level.
Belgian Constitutional Court annulled the framework set forth by the Law of 29 May 2016 requiring telecommunications providers to retain electronic communications data in bulk.
This paper outlines privacy and data protection concerns of this tracking, profiling and targeting ecosystem that can also be used beyond digital advertising to seek to manipulate the opinion forming process, and there are significant concerns about the consequences of this ecosystem for democracy.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) published its updated case-law fact sheet on data protection.
This project is a research and advocacy initiative launched by BEUC and aimed at addressing the issues that plague the digital consumers of today and undermine the digital society as a whole.
Google’s Android advertising tool is the target of a complaint in France by privacy activist Max Schrems, accusing the tech giant of violating European Union rules by failing to get users’ consent.
Vestager stressed that “it would become a very confusing situation if there was a General Data Protection Regulation and ePrivacy legislation without the two laws being aligned.
The US tech giant’s targeted advertising practices raise a lot of questions, the CNIL writes in a confidential note.