The White House press release celebrates the Declaration for the Future of the Internet that represents a political commitment among 61 Countries to advance a positive vision for the Internet and digital technologies. It reclaims the promise of the Internet in the face of the global opportunities and challenges presented by the 21st century. It...
In a case against Meta brought before German courts by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that consumer groups can autonomously sue companies for violations of the EU GDPR. In the case at hand, the Federation of German Consumer Organizations brought Meta’s Facebook before civil...
Investigation reports from the Privacy Commissioner are spilled milk stories that serve as salutary reminders to the mortals among us that there but for the grace of God, go we. This came to the fore again in the investigation report published by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner in Hong Kong on 17 February 2022...
“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...