Privacy Transformation - Issue 129
PRIVACY
EC vice president takes aim at ‘understaffed’ Irish Data Protection Commission
EU Commission vice president Vera Jourova says Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is “understaffed and needs more capacity”.
RELATED: Data watchdog under fire over Dublin HQ move
Fears mother and baby home archive could be hacked, damaged or lost
Tusla warned there was a chance the archive of the mother and baby home commission could end up damaged, lost, or be compromised in a data leak.
Birth information bill for adopted people ‘at odds’ with EU law, committee hears
A new law intended to legalise a person’s right to access birth certificates and information is incompatible with EU privacy law, an Oireachtas committee has been told.
Woman claims former colleagues breached her privacy by accessing phone records and LinkedIn account
A businesswoman has claimed before the High Court that her former work colleagues breached her privacy by unlawfully accessing her phone records and her LinkedIn social media account.
SECURITY & TECH
Facebook to end use of facial recognition software
Facebook will now delete the "facial recognition templates" of more than one billion people.
Digging into Google’s push to freeze ePrivacy
Google has responded to allegations contained in a recently unsealed US antitrust lawsuit that it worked covertly to stall European Union privacy legislation that could have blasted a huge hole in its behaviorial advertising business.
Data watchdog warns Europe ‘is not ready’ for AI-powered surveillance
Europe’s data watchdog calls for a clearer definition of what kind of AI the EU wants to regulate.
Just 6% of positive cases being notified to Covid tracker app
Despite mounting concern over the spike in Covid-19 cases, just 6% of positive cases are being notified by the Covid Tracker App.
Clearview AI told it broke Australia’s privacy law, ordered to delete data
After Canada, now Australia has found that controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI, broke national privacy laws when it covertly collected citizens’ facial biometrics and incorporated them into its AI-powered identity matching service.
AR could be a privacy nightmare — or a chance to rethink computing
As augmented reality becomes real, facial recognition and targeted advertising could become even bigger privacy threats than they are today.
Regulator looking at UK solution to scourge of scam calls
The telecoms regulator is working with Irish phone networks in examining technologies to minimise the amount of scam phone calls and text messages that have plagued the public recently.
Mozilla Firefox joins browsers implementing Global Privacy Control
The GPC allows users to tell websites not to sell or share their personal data.
Google Drive Alternatives: Improving Privacy and Security
In an age of eroding online privacy and increasing corporate surveillance, many are looking for a good alternative to Google Drive for their documents and files. After all, why would you want to store your private data with the world’s largest advertising company?
UK NCSC: Weekly Threat Report
The NCSC's weekly threat report is drawn from recent open source reporting.
ENFORCEMENT
Spanish DPA impose fine on telephone company for a loss of confidentiality and a lack of adequate TOMs
The AEPD imposed a total fine of 50,000 euros for both violations considering the duration and the negligent character of the infringement, and the linking of the activity of the telephone company with the processing of personal data of its customers.
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GUIDANCE & OPINIONS
CNIL Issues Guidance on Alternatives to Third-Party Cookies
On October 13, 2021, the French data protection authority (the CNIL) issued a short note (the “Note,” in French) on technologies such as fingerprinting,
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