“We need something which is agile, that works and where information can be shared in a secure manner. […] More resilience in critical sectors is definitely something we need to look at”. This is part of the concerns of Juhan Lepassaar, Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) during a roundtable on...
The press release of the EU Commission announces the satisfaction for the swift political agreement reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the proposal on the Digital Services Act (DSA), proposed by the Commission in December 2020. The DSA sets out an unprecedented new standard for the accountability of online platforms regarding illegal...
The French DPA (CNIL) fined the DEDALUS BIOLOGY company with a fine of €1.5m for security flaws that led to the leak of medical data of nearly half a million patients. Since the 24th of February 2021, the CNIL carried out several checks in the medical sector, including against the company DEDALUS BIOLOGY which markets...
The Connecticut Senate has voted unanimously to pass a consumer privacy bill which is generally modelled on the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) of 2021 with some differences such as providing for greater children’s data privacy rights. The bill will now be submitted to the House of Connecticut. Find the bill here.
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published its 2021 Annual Report which provides an overview of the EDPS’ supervisory activities that contribute to shaping Europe’s digital future. In particular, the Annual Report 2021 includes the EDPS’ work on international transfers of personal data; on COVID-19; on the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice; as well...
The US Ninth Circuit of Appeals declared legal the web scraping of personal information from users’ public profiles. The case was brought in by LinkedIn to stop rival companies from such practice. The Supreme Court received the case in 2021 and sent it back to the Ninth Circuit of Appeals for review. The Court of...
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