Privacy News & Issues
From the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), May 24: Brussels, 24 May – During its latest plenary, the EDPB adopted an Opinion on the use of facial recognition technologies by airport operators and airline companies to streamline the passenger flow at airports*. This Article 64(2) Opinion, following a request from the French Data Protection Authority, addresses…
Abigail Opiah reports: The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has announced the completion of the national data protection and governance policy, marking a milestone in Papua New Guinea’s digital transformation journey. The new policy, designed to manage and protect data, will soon provide the nation with guidelines and regulations to address the growing challenges of data…
From the Data Protection Commission: The Data Protection Commission has today launched its Annual Report for 2023. Highlights of the 2023 Annual report include: The DPC issued 19 finalised decisions resulting in administrative fines totalling €1.55 billion, along with multiple reprimands and compliance orders being imposed, including: In May 2023, the DPC announced the conclusion to…
Kristof Van Quathem and Laura Somaini of Covington and Burling write: On May 9, 2024, the Italian data protection authority (“Garante”) published a decision identifying the safeguards that controllers must put in place when processing health data for medical research purposes, in cases where data subjects’ consent cannot be obtained for ethical or organizational reasons. The Garante’s…