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Europe’s health data reuse plan needs some surgery, say privacy supervisors

July 15, 2022 Natasha Lomas 170 ViewsAndrea Jelinek, artificial intelligence, data controller, data processing, data protection, data protection law, drug discovery, Europe, European Data Protection Board, European Data Protection Supervisor, European Health Data Space, european union, General Data Protection Regulation, health services, healthcare, human rights, personal data, privacy, thierry-breton, Wojciech Wiewiórowski 13 min read

A proposal put forward by European Union lawmakers in May, to establish a legal framework to make it easier to share electronic health records and other medical data — across borders and care institutions; and with researchers and developers of innovative health products — should be revised to ensure citizens’ health data is stored locally, […]

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 163 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 […]

Ex-Apple employee takes Face ID privacy complaint to Europe

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Ex-Apple employee takes Face ID privacy complaint to Europe

April 11, 2022 Natasha Lomas 197 Viewsal franken, Apple, apple inc, Ashley Gjøvik, brazil, China, Craig Federighi, data protection, Data Protection Commission, data security, digital rights, Europe, European Data Protection Supervisor, european union, France, General Data Protection Regulation, human rights, iOS, ireland, privacy, Tel Aviv, United Kingdom, United States, us government 9 min read

Privacy watchdogs in Europe are considering a complaint against Apple made by a former employee, Ashley Gjøvik, who alleges the company fired her after she raised a number of concerns, internally and publicly, including over the safety of the workplace. Gjøvik, a former senior engineering program manager at Apple, was fired from the company last […]

Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware

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European lawmakers launch investigation into use of Pegasus spyware by EU states

March 11, 2022 Zack Whittaker 177 ViewsCitizen Lab, civil society, espionage, Europe, European Data Protection Supervisor, european parliament, european union, France, Germany, hungary, malware, NSO Group, Pegasus, poland, spain, Spyware 2 min read

The European Parliament voted on Thursday to create a new “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that European member states acquired and used the powerful Pegasus mobile spyware. Lawmakers voted largely in favor to create the committee, which will investigate the use of Pegasus and other surveillance spyware across the 27 member states of the […]