Life with GDPR - Meta Fined €405 million by Irish Data Protection Commission
On December 17 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued Opinion 28/2024 addressing data protection aspects of processing in the context of AI models. This Opinion was requested by the Irish Data Protection...more
The second half of 2024 saw a myriad of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related legal and regulatory developments for the EU and UK, critically with the EU AI Act coming into force on 1 August 2024. This has been followed by...more
A much-anticipated Opinion from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on AI models and data protection has not resulted in the clear or definitive guidance that businesses operating in the EU had hoped for. The Opinion...more
The European Data Protection Board’s recent opinion on AI models can be useful in several ways. Last week, I covered EDPB’s take on what the consequences could be for the unlawful processing of personal data in the...more
The European Data Protection Board recently issued an opinion on AI models, shedding light on what the consequences could be for the unlawful processing of personal data in the development phase of an AI model on the...more
On December 2 – 3 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) met for its 99th plenary session. It subsequently issued several documents, one of which calls for the need for greater alignment between the GDPR and EU...more
On November 5, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued its first report under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and released a statement on the access to data for law enforcement. Both documents were...more
This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of data...more
European Data Protection Board Publishes Strategy for 2024-27 - The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB” - the EU body tasked with promoting consistency and cooperation in enforcement of the GDPR) has outlined its...more
In December 2023, European Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement on the EU AI Act. In our article titled An Introduction to the EU AI Act, we focused on applicability, thresholds, timing, and penalties related to the EU...more
FTC Announces Proposed Settlement with Data Aggregator over its Alleged Selling of Precise Location Data - The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), on January 18, 2024, announced a proposed settlement with InMarket Media...more
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published, on its own initiative, an Opinion on the EU’s draft Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (Opinion 44/2023) on 23 October 2023. The EDPS provides specific suggestions for...more