Tracking pixels are an insidious forms of surveillance. The ADPA said tracking pixels violate the GDPR and the ban on data transfers to the US.
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The first report from the European Cookie Banner Taskforce falls short of issuing strong and clear recommendations for cookie walls.
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The Irish DPC’s supports Meta in its fight against the GDPR, likely because of the importance big tech’s contribution to the Irish economy.
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We’ve just written about the mounting problems for Facebook and its parent company Meta. And to that list of issues can be added another one, potentially the biggest so far, since it goes to the heart of the business model used by Meta for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp: micro-targeted advertising based on constant online surveillance. … Continue reading “Will GDPR’s Win Against Facebook Change Advertising?”
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President Biden hopes that it’s third time lucky for the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), but privacy experts remain apprehensive.
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One of the most surprising developments in recent years is how privacy – something that by definition is about small, intimate things – has become a major global force in the spheres of economics and politics. Perhaps the clearest demonstration of that transformation involves data flows across the Atlantic, and the Austrian lawyer and activist … Continue reading “How a Few Thoughtless Words about Privacy Led to Huge Political and Economic Headaches for the US and EU”
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The GDPR is finally beginning to make itself felt more strongly, as a series of blog posts have noted. The situation is summed up in a new “DLA Piper GDPR fines and data breach survey”. Compared with the previous year, total GDPR fines have increased from $179 million to $1.2 billion. But as the report … Continue reading “Bombshell Decision That Use of Google Analytics in Austria Violates Top EU Court’s Ruling Boosts GDPR Impact Again”
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As most people know from bitter personal experience, one of the most tiresome aspects of moving around the web is the constant barrage of pop-ups, asking whether the user agrees to cookies. The companies running the websites like to blame this on the EU’s GDPR, which requires people to consent to cookies and the tracking … Continue reading “Good News for GDPR Enforcement against Cookie Walls, but Also a Dangerous Legal Challenge from WhatsApp”
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The privacy campaigner Max Schrems has been doggedly fighting to force Facebook to respect EU users’ privacy for nearly a decade now. As this blog has reported, there have been many twists and turns in the saga. Earlier this year, it seemed that the key player responsible for enforcing the protection of Facebook users in … Continue reading “Schrems vs. DPC Battle Heats Up, as New Document Suggests Irish Privacy Body Tried to Weaken GDPR”
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Given the by-now inarguable importance of data protection to the online world today, it is extraordinary that one person and his organization have almost single-handedly shaped the privacy landscape there. The lawyer and activist Max Schrems, along with his NOYB.eu group, have featured many times on this blog. So many times, in fact, that it … Continue reading “Will Privacy Activist Max Schrems’ New Legal Action Against Facebook at EU’s Highest Court Prove to Be His Most Important Yet?”
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