The Spanish DPA (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos – AEPD) has today awarded the ‘Data Protection Awards 2022 ‘, which recognize in different categories the works that further promote both the dissemination and knowledge of the fundamental right to data protection and its practical application. The Awards include categories such as ‘Proactivity and Good...
The Agencia espanola de proteccion de datos (AEPD) has published an assessment on the use of biometric data from a privacy perspective. The DPA underlines that biometric data operations will have a different degree of intrusiveness and impact on the privacy of individuals depending on the technique used and other factors, therefore the impact assessment...
The Spanish government declared that the smartphones of the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Defense Minister Margarita Robles were infected last year with the spyware Pegasus. Manufacturers claim it is only available to state agencies. The government spokesman, in addition to announcing the opening of an investigation by the Audencia Nacional, said that the...
The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) has issued its 2021 Annual Report, according to which privacy violation complaints swelled up by 25% in 2021 as compared to 2020. The report focuses on challenges in relation data protection posed due to the pandemic and the responses to them. Details of fines and penalties imposed on certain...