The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has launched the first coordinated enforcement action pursuant to which 22 national supervisory authorities across the EEA (including the EDPS) will launch investigations into the use of cloud-based services by the public sector. Over 75 public bodies in total will be addressed across the EEA, including EU institutions, covering...
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published a paper on modern spyware to highlight unprecedented risks of technology used in surveillance. Pegasus is discussed in detail in the paper. Concerning features of Pegasus, according to the EDPS, include unrestricted access of devices, zero click attack (makes it closer to non-preventable) and the fact that it...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has for the first time issued a proposal for cybersecurity rules, procedures and data breach prevention measures for investment funds and advisers. If approved, the measures will require thousands of companies to report cyberattacks within 48 hours. The proposals require funds and registered investment advisers to develop written...
In the lawsuit, Texas’s Attorney General Ken Paxton seeks for billions of dollars in fines against Meta which captured and stored the facial geometry of several millions of photos uploaded by Facebook users from 2010 till last year in what is claimed of being “tens of millions of violations”. Read more on the New York...
In an article published on Indian Express, H.E. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Indian Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT, holds that social media organizations should formulate measures to identify content that is not to be published. The Minister seeks for consensus to impose stricter regulations on social media. Find the article here.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) launched a competition investigation in January 2021, over concerns that Google’s proposals for third-party cookies would cause online advertising spending to become even more concentrated on Google, weakening competition and so harming consumers who ultimately pay for the cost of online advertising. The tech giant has now reviewed...
The Brazilian National Congress promulgates the Constitutional Amendment 115, which makes the protection of personal data, including in digital media, a fundamental right. Brazil is another key economy granting such status to the privacy right of citizens and consumers.
The Government of Israel shall create a commission for inquiry to investigate allegations that the Israeli police used spyware software for surveillance of Israeli public figures. The spyware in question was made by the NSO Group, a surveillance software firm based in Israel which already faced numerous allegations for its software Pegasus that has been...
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