Natasha Lomas reports: A ruling put out yesterday by the European Union’s top court could have major implications for online platforms that use background tracking and profiling to target users with behavioral ads or to feed recommender engines that are designed to surface so-called ‘personalized’ content. The impacts could be even broader — with privacy law experts…
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A Cautious Approach: the UK Government’s Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Mark Young, Paul Maynard, Jasmine Agyekum, and Tomos Griffiths of Covington & Burling write: On 18 July 2022, following its recent response to the public consultation on the reform of UK data protection law (see our blog post on the response here), the UK Government introduced its draft Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the “Bill”) to the…
Probe clears Israel Police of unlawful NSO spyware phone hacking, but notes legal concerns
Avishai Grinzaig reports: An investigation headed by Deputy Attorney General Amit Marari has not found any evidence that Israel Police used Saifan, a weaker version of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack phones without court-issued warrants, as claimed in February by Israeli newspaper “Calcalist.” The enquiry did not find any evidence of any other use…
USA offers foreign states access to 1.1 billion biometric “encounters” in return for reciprocal database access
Statewatch writes: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is touting ‘Enhanced Border Security Agreements’, offering access to its vast biometric databanks in exchange for other states reciprocating. Reports suggest the UK is already participating, although there is no official confirmation of this. In the EU the proposals have caused a furore amongst privacy-minded MEPs….