Compliance by Design

Brussels, 15 October – The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) organises a remote stakeholder event, taking place on 5 November 2024 (time to be confirmed), aimed at collecting input from stakeholders in the context of a request for an Art. 64(2) GDPR opinion relating to artificial intelligence models (‘AI models’) submitted to the EDPB by … Read more

Brussels, 11 October -The EDPB will organise a stakeholder event on ‘AI models’ on 5 November 2024 (exact time to be confirmed).  During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) exceptionally agreed to organise a remote public event aimed at collecting input from stakeholders on issues relating to the request for an Art. … Read more

Brussels, 10 October – During its October 2024 plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) selected the topic for its fourth Coordinated Enforcement Action (CEF), which will concern the implementation of the right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) by controllers. Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) will join this action on a voluntary basis in the … Read more

We have fined two companies for making unlawful marketing calls to individuals registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).

Two former RAC employees have been handed a suspended prison sentence and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work, for unlawfully copying and selling over 29,500 lines of personal information.

Brussels, 09 October – During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted an Opinion on certain obligations following from the reliance on processor(s) and sub-processor(s), Guidelines on legitimate interest, a Statement on laying down additional procedural rules for GDPR enforcement and the EDPB work programme 2024-2025. First, the EDPB adopted an Opinion … Read more

Quantum technologies are advancing at pace, offering huge potential to improve our lives. For example, researchers are already using the next generation of certain quantum sensors to collect highly granular information about people’s brain patterns to improve medical research and diagnostics, while there are ongoing efforts to test real world applications for early stage quantum … Read more

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We have today launched a new audit framework designed to help organisations assess their own compliance with key requirements under data protection law.  The framework empowers organisations to identify necessary steps to improve their data protection practices and create a culture of…

We have fined Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) £750,000 for exposing the personal information of its entire workforce, leaving many fearing for their safety. Our investigation found that simple-to-implement procedures could have prevented the serious breach, in which hidden data on a…