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Video surveillance and artificial intelligence: sanctions against a Public Body by the Italian DPA

With the decision No. 5 of 2024, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) penalised the Municipality of Trento for the unlawful data processing in two AI surveillance projects. The DPA stated that the AI systems used did not provide adequate data anonymization ...Mehr lesen

Cyprus DPC Rulings on Data Breaches by the Cyprus Football Association, Cyprus News Agency, and Arktinos Publications Ltd

On 17 June 2024, the Commissioner for Data Protection of Cyprus published her decisions (issued in February 2024) in relation to three similar complaints for infringement of the provisions of Chapter V of the GDPR due to the use of Google Analytics and Facebook Connect ...Mehr lesen

French pass system to be deployed during 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

As France gears up to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, expecting several million spectators and thousands of athletes, the country is not only preparing its infrastructure and venues, but also setting up measures to guarantee the smooth running and safety of ...Mehr lesen

New members have joined the INPLP: José Antonio Arochi, Verónica Siten and Montserrat Landaverde (Mexico)

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A new member has joined the INPLP: Oscar Montezuma Panez

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Data Governance Act: data intermediation services provider, a new player involved in personal data processing?

Data sharing is a subject of ever-increasing importance, and one that is occupying the European Union exponentially, which has sought to promote data exchange mechanisms as part of its European data strategy. The Data Governance Act, which came into force on September ...Mehr lesen

Registration of data controllers commences in Jamaica

The widely anticipated registration of controllers commenced on June 1, 2024, and both local and international controllers are expected to be registered at the Office of the Information Commissioner in Jamaica. ...Mehr lesen

A new member has joined the INPLP: Justine A. Collins (Jamaica)

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PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE ORDERED BY THE SPANISH DPA TO HALT META’S FUNCTIONALITIES “ELECTION DAY INFORMATION” AND “VOTER INFORMATION UNIT” IN SPAIN

The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has ordered a precautionary measure against Meta Platforms Ireland Limited to immediately suspend the implementation of the Election Day Information (EDI) and Voter Information Unit (VIU) functionalities in Spain, in light of the upcoming European ...Mehr lesen