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Meta’s first human rights report is largely self-congratulatory

Summer decision looms for Facebook’s EU-US data transfers

July 7, 2022 Natasha Lomas 176 Viewsdata protection, Data Protection Commission, data security, data transfers, digital rights, EU-US Privacy Shield, Europe, european union, Facebook, Instagram, ireland, Max Schrems, meta, noyb, privacy, surveillance law, United States 7 min read

The wheels of privacy enforcement are slowly turning against Facebook in Europe — where its lead data protection regulator, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), has taken a key procedural step on a data transfers complaint whose substance dates back almost a decade. The DPC confirmed today that a draft decision on the legality of Meta’s […]

Google touts more Workspace controls for users in Europe

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Google touts more Workspace controls for users in Europe

May 4, 2022 Natasha Lomas 162 Viewscloud services, data sovereignty, digital services, Edward Snowden, encryption, EU-US Privacy Shield, Europe, European Data Protection Board, European Data Protection Supervisor, european union, Google, Google Workspace, Google-Drive, human rights, safe harbor, surveillance law, United States, us government 9 min read

Google has announced a package of additional controls for users of its productivity suite, Google Workspace (neé G Suite), in Europe — which it’s rolling out by the end of this year and next. It says these extra control will enable organizations — both public and private sector — to “control, limit, and monitor transfers […]

Ghost Security emerges from stealth to defend APIs and apps from attackers

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EU-US data transfers deal could be finalized by end of year, says bloc

April 12, 2022 Natasha Lomas 157 Viewsdata protection, data security, data transfers, EU-US Privacy Shield, european commission, European Data Protection Board, european parliament, european union, Facebook, Joe Biden, meta, privacy, safe harbor, United States, Ursula von der Leyen, washington DC 3 min read

The European Commission continues to eschew pronouncing a firm timeline for finalizing a new EU-U.S. data transfers deal after the two sides reached a political agreement on a way forward last month. But today justice commissioner, Didier Reynders, put out a slightly strengthened suggestion that a replacement for the defunct Privacy Shield could be adopted […]

EU-US trans-Atlantic data transfers ‘deal in principle’ faces tough legal review

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EU-US trans-Atlantic data transfers ‘deal in principle’ faces tough legal review

April 8, 2022 Natasha Lomas 185 ViewsBiden administration, CJEU, Congress, data protection, data protection law, digital rights, EDPB, EU-US Privacy Shield, european commission, European Data Protection Board, european union, Federal Bureau of Investigation, human rights, mass surveillance, Max Schrems, safe harbor, U.S. government, United States, White House 6 min read

The political agreement reached late last month between the European Union and the United States on a new trans-Atlantic data transfers pact, which aims to end years of legal uncertainty for businesses exporting data from the bloc, is not yet a done deal. The deal in principle faces scrutiny in the coming months once the […]

EU, US agree on data transfer deal to replace defunct Privacy Shield

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EU, US agree on data transfer deal to replace defunct Privacy Shield

March 25, 2022 Natasha Lomas 182 Viewsbiden, cloud services, data protection, digital rights, EU-US Privacy Shield, Europe, european commission, European Court of Justice, european union, Facebook, Google, Max Schrems, meta, privacy, safe harbor, U.S. government, United States, Ursula von der Leyen 6 min read

The European Union has just announced reaching an agreement in principle with the U.S. on a revived trans-Atlantic data flows deal — potentially signaling an end to the many months of legal uncertainty that has dogged cloud services after a landmark court ruling in July 2020 that struck down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. “We have […]

Privacy Shield 2.0 is ‘high priority’ but ‘not easy’, warns EU’s Vestager

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Privacy Shield 2.0 is ‘high priority’ but ‘not easy’, warns EU’s Vestager

February 24, 2022 Natasha Lomas 173 Viewsartificial intelligence, cloud services, DATA Act, data portability, data protection, digital rights, digital sovereignty, EU-US Privacy Shield, European Court of Justice, European Data Protection Board, european union, Facebook, France, Google, Google-Analytics, Helen Dixon, human rights, ireland, Margrethe Vestager, Max Schrems, meta, privacy, safe harbor, Schrems II, social network, stripe, surveillance law, thierry-breton, United States 12 min read

Agreeing a new data transfer agreement with the US is a “high priority” for the EU, Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s executive VP for digital strategy, said yesterday — but she also warned that a replacement for the defunct EU-US Privacy Shield (and Safe Harbor before that) is by no means a done deal, given the […]

Facebook Messenger is adding new AR experiences for group video calls

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Meta sent a new draft decision on its EU-US data transfers

February 21, 2022 Natasha Lomas 156 Viewscloud services, Data Protection Commission, EU-US Privacy Shield, european commission, European Court of Justice, European Data Protection Board, european union, Facebook, Google, Max Schrems, meta, noyb, privacy, Schrems II, United States 5 min read

Facebook has received a “revised” preliminary decision from its lead EU privacy regulator with implications for its ability to continue to export user data to the US, TechCrunch has learned. “Meta has 28 days to make submissions on this preliminary decision at which point we will prepare a draft Article 60 decision for other Concerned […]