Privacy Transformation - Issue 159
PRIVACY
Facial recognition technology 'not about mass surveillance' - McEntee
The Minister for Justice has said the introduction of legislation to enable gardaí to use facial recognition technology in criminal investigations "is not about mass surveillance."
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Facial recognition technology: A solution to problems that hardly exist
Open Letter to the Irish Times: Experts’ Red Line on Policing Facial Recognition Technologies
Podcast: Policed — Facial Recognition Technology
Ireland enters Europe-wide deal to share facial data of suspected criminals
Irish Council for Civil Liberties demands that Gardaí not receive power to compel a password
Rights groups have also called on Gardaí to record the ethnicities of people stopped and search in order to prevent discrimination.
The European Commission clarifies its own Standard Contractual Clause
On 25 May 2022, the European Commission released long-awaited guidance for the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) adopted in June 2021. The Commission has developed Questions and Answers (Q&As) as a dynamic source of practical guidance on the use of SCCs. The Q&As respond to industry feedback on key practical aspects.
RELATED: Questions and Answers for the two sets of Standard Contractual Clauses
SECURITY & TECH
Hybrid working causes new cybersecurity concerns, survey finds
A new survey by Dell Technologies has found that 69 per cent of businesses in Ireland believe hybrid working arrangements will increase the chances of a cyberattack or incident.
DuckDuckGo faces widespread backlash over tracking deal with Microsoft
DuckDuckGo has confirmed that is has a deal with Microsoft that allows the Redmond company to bypass a block on trackers.
She thought a dark moment in her past was forgotten. Then she scanned her face online
Cher Scarlett, a software engineer, has a history of being misidentified by face-scanning technology, including one instance that may have surfaced a distant ancestor in a photo. So when she was introduced to an online facial-recognition tool she hadn't heard of, she wanted to see whether it would mistake photos of her mom or daughter for her.
Dutch public sector gets green light to use Google Workspace
A year after the Dutch data protector said there were too many "legal obstacles" for its civil servants to use Google Workspace, a re-worked agreement will permit the public sector to fire up the productivity suite.
UK NCSC: Weekly Threat Report
The NCSC's Weekly threat report is drawn from recent open source reporting.
ENFORCEMENT
Twitter fined $150m in US for selling users' data
Federal investigators say the social media company broke rules on giving personal data to advertisers.
Vinted investigation signals closer and stronger cooperation between personal data protection supervisory authorities
A working group, consisting of Dutch, French, Lithuanian and Polish SAs and supported by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), has looked into a series of complaints concerning potential infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation by Vinted UAB, the operator of the clothes sales website Vinted.com.
GUIDANCE & OPINIONS
Information Commissioner calls for an end to the excessive collection of personal information from victims of rape and serious sexual assault
The UK Information Commissioner has called on the criminal justice sector to immediately stop collecting excessive amounts of personal information from victims of rape and serious sexual assault cases.
EDPB - Re Guidelines on the interplay of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and GDPR
EDPB response to the joint payments industry regarding the Guidelines on the interplay of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and GDPR.
DPC: Guidance for children on their data protection rights
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has produced three short guides for children on data protection and their rights under the GDPR. These guides are aimed mainly at children aged 13 and over, as this is the age at which children can begin signing up for many forms of social media on their own.
RESOURCES
Report: Behavioural study on unfair commercial practices in the digital environment : dark patterns and manipulative personalisation
The research conducted for this study shows that dark patterns are prevalent and increasingly used by traders of all sizes, not only large platforms.
Report: “How Dare They Peep into My Private Life?”: Children’s Rights Violations by Governments that Endorsed Online Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The report, “’How Dare They Peep into My Private Life?’: Children’s Rights Violations by Governments that Endorsed Online Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic,” is grounded in technical and policy analysis conducted by Human Rights Watch on 165 education technology (EdTech) products endorsed by 49 countries.
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