Author: Patrick Breyer
Encryption and Why It Matters in a Data Retention World | CPO Magazine [extern]
Despite the landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice in 2016, saying that indiscriminate data retention was illegal, several European countries are once again seeking to bring back the practice.
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Written question – ‘Restricted’ communications data retention – E-002898/2019 [external link]
Question for written answer E-002898/2019. to the Council. Rule 138. Patrick Breyer (Verts/ALE)
Subject: ‘Restricted’ communications data retention
In view of the ‘Conclusions of the Council of the European Union on …
Google Can Forget You, but Only in Europe | CPO Magazine [extern]
Google Can Forget You, but Only in Europe CPO Magazine
Google And The Right To Be Forgotten | Forbes [extern]
In a case I have been closely following, France’s data-privacy watchdog, CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés), investigated Google’s non-compliance with the consent and transparent aspects of EU and France’s …
Commissioner-designates voted out: We do not tolerate a corrupt system of favoritism!
The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament decided today that the Commission candidates Plumb (Romania) and Trócsányi (Hungary) are unable to perform their duties in accordance with the procedures laid …
These nominees have no place at the EU’s helm
Beyond the scope of the Legal Affairs Committee‘s examination of conflicts of interest, the political integrity of the remaining Commissioner-nominees remains to be scrutinised by the European Parliament as a whole. …
EU terror filter negotiations: Here’s where we stand [updated 11 March 2020]
“Trilogue” negotiations on the EU scheme to “prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online” are underway which may make, inter alia, upload filters mandatory.
In a series of closed-door meetings, the …
EU sides with Google in data protection case | EUobserver [extern]
The European Commission has said it backs Google’s victory at the EU court against the French data protection watchdog CNIL, in a case allowing people to have their names removed from …
An EU project is trialling AI lie detectors for border control, one MEP is challenging in court | CPO Magazine [external]
CPO Magazine reported last month that Amazon’s facial recognition technology, Rekognition, launched in 2016, is now able to recognise several emotions, including fear.
Given Amazon’s active marketing of the service to …