Google Can Forget You, but Only in Europe | CPO Magazine [extern]
Google Can Forget You, but Only in Europe CPO Magazine
Category: European Parliament
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 …
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 …
Video: Patrick Breyer questions Europol Director on “restricted data retention” plans [external]
Today’s Court Hearing on Data Retention: “Greatest Threat”
Today and tomorrow, the European Court of Justice will hear complaints against indiscriminate data retention in France (C-511/18), Belgium (C-520/18) and the United Kingdom (C-623/17). Civil liberties activist and MEP Patrick …
Splintered Parliament faces 5 years of rancor| politico [external]
The Greens also feel emboldened to push their causes harder, given how climate protection has broken through into the mainstream. Their team wants to attach sustainability criteria to trade deals and …
German copyright public consultation is open now: make your voice heard!
Where we are in the process
Despite the many controversial issues surrounding the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive, the legislation got adopted by the European Parliament on …
