Privacy Transformation - Issue 78
PRIVACY
Open Rights Group taking the Privacy regulator ICO to court in a landmark case
Open Rights Group (ORG) have announced that they are taking the UK ICO to court over the regulator’s failure to stop unlawful practices by the Digital Advertising Technology (AdTech) industry.
Industry groups urge Europe to reject privacy proposal
Industry associations GSMA and ETNO called on European Union (EU) member states to reject a proposal for tightening rules on communication services metadata processing, warning the approach would impede innovation and development of Europe’s data economy.
French Court of Cassation decides that an employer can use a Facebook post to dismiss an employee
The French Court of Cassation ruled in favor of an employer that dismissed an employee because of the contents of a Facebook post.
Opinion: Japan Trade Deal punches USA-sized hole in privacy
The UK has just signed its first new free trade agreement, independently from the EU, with Japan. We believe that clauses in the UK Japan trade agreement pose an existential threat to data protection rights in the UK, as we outline in a briefing.
Interesting Read: Changes in IAPP's cookie tool
This article gives interesting insights into the process and approach that the IAPP has taken to implementing its updated cookie management solution, a task which consumed up to 300 hours of personnel time in 2020.
SECURITY & TECH
Moxie Marlinspike Has a Plan to Reclaim Our Privacy
Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the end-to-end encrypted messaging service Signal, is “trying to bring normality to the Internet.”
ENFORCEMENT
Twitter could face its first GDPR penalty within days
European data protection regulators have inched toward an enforcement decision for a Twitter breach that the company publicly disclosed in 2019, after a majority of EU data supervisors agreed to back a draft settlement submitted earlier by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission.
More on the latest GDPR enforcement news can be found on:
GUIDANCE
EDBP - Recommendations on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data
The EDPB adopted recommendations on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data, as well as recommendations on the European Essential Guarantees for surveillance measures.
EDPS - Opinion on the proposal for temporary derogations from Directive 2002/58/EC
Opinion on the proposal for temporary derogations from Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online
RESOURCES
DPC: Changes to the Data Protection Commission’s Website
The Irish Data Protection Commission has made changes to their website to facilitate easier discovery of resources. Among the changes, there is a new dedicated section for Data Protection Officers.
Report on Data Protection Regulations in the Blockchain Ecosystem
INATBA’s Privacy Working Group Publishes Report on Data Protection Regulations in the Blockchain Ecosystem