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The Privacy Explorer | Week 19

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Welcome to the privacy news recap for week 19 of 2024!

In this edition:

🤖 German DPAs issue joint guidance on data protection compliance in AI deployment;

📡 Austrian DSB Launches Investigation into Telecommunications Sector for GDPR Compliance;
📊 Canadian OPC Survey Highlights Privacy Priorities in Business Sector;
📶 Spain’s AEPD Releases Guidelines on WiFi Tracking;
📝 Oregon Department of Justice Releases FAQs on Consumer Privacy Act;
🔐 International Cybersecurity Agencies Release New Guidelines for Secure-by-Design Technologies;
🔄 Turkey’s KVKK Drafts New Regulation on International Personal Data Transfer;
📈 ICO Publishes 2024 Report on Increasing Cybersecurity Breaches.

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The Privacy Explorer | Week 18

The Privacy Explorer |

Welcome to the privacy news recap for week 18 of 2024!

In this edition:
📱US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Imposes Heavy Fines on Major US Carriers for Illegal Data Sharing Practices;

🤖 OpenAI’s GDPR Compliance Faces New Challenge In Europe;

👥 EU Commission Initiates Formal Proceedings Against Meta for Possible Digital Services Act Violations;

📄 Norwegian Data Protection Authority publishes annual report for 2023;

⚖️ CJEU Rules on Data Retention and Privacy in Copyright Enforcement Case (C-470/21 La Quadrature du Net and Others);

⚖️ CJEU Ruling on Data Access for Crime Investigation Under the ePrivacy Directive (C‑178/22);

🛡️ NIST publishes Cyber Security Framework 2.0 small business guide;

📥 Dutch DPA publishes guidelines on data scraping and considers it “mostly illegal”;

👁️ Dutch DPA publishes general framework for facial recognition;

📝 UK ICO launches tool to help create privacy notices;

🏛️ OECD Updates AI Principles.

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The Privacy Explorer – Week 16

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✨Welcome to the privacy news recap for week 16 of 2024!

In this edition:
✳ FISA 702 was reauthorised in the US,
✳ Avast was fined heavily in Czechia for the misshap in 2019, after they have just settled in the US two month ago for the same thing. Ouch!
✳ The draft US federal law (ARPA) is already under scrutiny by none other than the CCPA,
✳ EDPB gave its opinion on the “consent or pay” model,

and more!

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The Privacy Explorer – Week 13

The Privacy Explorer |

Welcome to the privacy news recap for week 13 of 2024!

In this edition:
✳ French CNIL Issues Draft Recommendation on Multi-Factor Authentication,
✳ UK DSIT issues Guide on Responsible AI in Recruitment,
✳ US Treasury Department Issues AI Cybersecurity Framework for Financial Services,
✳ Italian Garante Issues Guidelines for Interaction Platforms between Medical Professionals and Patients,
and more!

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