Since the first banner ads, the world wide web has largely run on ads. To fund online services, the digital advertising industry collects detailed information about billions of people. But substantial change is imminent. New laws targeting digital advertising The ePrivacy Regulation, a long-awaited update to the EU’s rules on direct marketing and cookies, [...]
As a security measure, nothing beats biometrics for convenience. We carry our fingerprints and facial features everywhere we go. Unlike a password, your iris print is always unique—and you can’t forget it. But biometrics are sensitive because of their convenient and immutable nature. You can change a breached password in minutes, but changing your biometrics [...]
The European Council adopted the AI Act on 21 May, marking one of many steps on the path towards stronger AI regulation. The law will be published in the EU’s Official Journal in the coming weeks and will start to take effect 20 days later. The AI Act’s first substantial impact will come six months [...]
Ethiopia’s Parliament approves Personal Data Protection Bill The House of Peoples Representatives (HoPR) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has taken a historical step by ratifying the Personal Data Protection Proclamation during its 20th ordinary session held on April 4, 2024. This development represents a major step forward in Ethiopia’s digital transformation journey [...]
Brazil’s Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD) is calling for views on the definition of “high-risk processing” under the country’s federal data protection law, the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD). The consultation is the latest in a long series of ordinances, resolutions, and guidance notes produced by the ANPD since the [...]
Late last year, following half a decade of legal debate and enforcement, Meta started offering EU-based Facebook and Instagram users a paid subscription tier without behavioural advertising. With stricter data protection requirements hitting ad revenues, companies are seeking new ways to monetise personal data. Under “consent or pay”, users must pay a monthly fee [...]
The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is an ambitious second shot at a US federal privacy law, announced on April 7 2024. Unlike the vast majority of other countries, the US does not have a generally applicable privacy law. A patchwork of state and sector-specific laws provides an inconsistent set of individual privacy rights [...]
European Commission's use of Microsoft 365 found in violation of EU data protection law The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has found that the European Commission's use of Microsoft 365 breaches numerous sections of EU Regulation 2018/1725, which serves as the data protection law for EU institutions and agencies. Namely, the Commission's failure to [...]
Helen Dixon has left her post as Irish Data Protection Commissioner after a decade of issuing some of Europe’s most high-profile enforcement decisions. She is replaced by two new Commissioners: Ex-human rights lawyer Des Hogan and former Deputy Commissioner Dale Sunderland. Throughout her ten-year term, Dixon led on the regulation of the many US [...]
Under the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), thousands of companies will soon have to consider Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues for the first time. The EU always requires some companies to report their impact on the environment and society across many different fields -from carbon emissions to gender representation. The CSRD will [...]
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