Privacy Transformation - Issue 11
PRIVACY
Public services card carries ‘big risk’, says UN poverty envoy
The public services card (PSC) system runs the risk of becoming a centralised database containing intimate, personal information, the UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty has said.
Philip Alston, a professor of law at New York University, said citizens should “think very carefully” about what private information should be made available and recorded.
ICO selects first participants for data protection Sandbox
The use of biometrics to speed up airport passenger journeys, innovations in crime prevention and technological advances in the health sector are among the first projects selected to take part in the ICO Sandbox.
Other products and services which will be tested and scrutinised for compliance with data protection law will include innovations in housing, road traffic management, student welfare and tackling bias in artificial intelligence.
Facebook Data Scandals Stoke Criticism That a Privacy Watchdog Too Rarely Bites
A federal regulator is under attack for what critics say is a systemic failure to police tech giants and their vast appetite for personal data.
ENFORCEMENT
Greek DPA issues 150K euro fine for GDPR violations
The Hellenic Data Protection Authority fined PricewaterhouseCoopers 150,000 euros for alleged violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
COURTS
Europe’s top court sharpens guidance for sites using leaky social plug-ins – TechCrunch
Europe’s top court has made a ruling that could affect scores of websites that embed the Facebook ‘Like’ button and receive visitors from the region. The ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU states such sites are jointly responsible for the initial data processing — and must either obtain informed consent from site visitors.
RESOURCES
Preliminary report on Stream II of the DPC’s consultation on the processing of children’s personal data and the rights of children as data subjects under the GDPR
The DPC has created a preliminary report on Stream II of the consultation in order to give an insight into the level of engagement experienced and to provide an overview of the headline trends and themes emerging from the feedback received from children and young people in their submissions.