One of the most popular video-sharing application Tik Tok, is accused of multiple data breaches. BEUC (The European Consumer Organisation) filed a complaint against the social media platform on the 16th of February 2021, and published a report presenting an analysis of Tik Tok’s Privacy Policies. The first aspect presented by BEUC is the privacy […]
The tech firm Clearview AI, which created a controversial facial recognition technology, is accused of conducting “mass surveillance’’ in multiple countries. A Canadian criminal investigation found that the New York-based company violated the personal data protection law. Daniel Therrien, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada stated ‘’What Clearview does is mass surveillance, and it is illegal. […]
The EDPB (European Data Protection Board) has recently published a guide that seeks to clarify the most common situations in which data breaches can occur, as well as the importance of notifying the data protection authorities. The project was adopted on the 14th of January 2021, with the final form to be established in a […]
When it comes to processing personal data, 2020 was quite an eventful year. The effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 had a direct impact on businesses in all industries. The implementation of emergency measures to ensure the health and safety of employees and contractors has led to a massive increase of collecting and processing […]
EDPB (European Data Protection Board) brings new light upon the recent decision of the CJEU (The Court of Justice of the European Union), named C-311/18 Schrems II (after the Austrian activist Max Schrems), which clarifies the transfer of personal data to third countries and continues to validate the standard contractual clauses. The CJEU emphasizes once […]
Google has been fined by CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés) on the 7th of December 2020, for placing advertising cookies in the users’ computers without obtaining their consent. Following the investigation, it was found that the ‘’Privacy reminder from Google’’ banner did not inform the user about the cookies that were already […]
