Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google’s AI Compliance September 12, 2024 By Padraic Halpin The top EU privacy regulator opened an inquiry on Thursday into whether search engine giant Google adequately protected European Union...
EU Privacy Supervisor Urges Ban on Facial Recognition Software April 26, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy...
EU Announces Tough Draft Rules on Use of Artificial Intelligence April 22, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – The European Commission on Wednesday announced tough draft rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a ban...
EU Set to Ban Artificial Intelligence Used for Mass Surveillance, Ranking Social Behavior April 15, 2021 By Natalia Drozdiak The European Union is poised to ban artificial intelligence (AI) systems used for mass surveillance or for ranking social behavior,...
EU Privacy Agency Does Not Expect New EU-US Data Privacy Accord Any Time Soon December 7, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Companies hoping the EU and the new U.S. administration will soon strike a new transatlantic data transfer pact to replace...
Top EU Court Rules Mass Spying on Phone, Internet Data Is Unlawful October 6, 2020 By Mathieu Rosemain The European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday that unrestrained mass surveillance of phone and internet data is unlawful, in...
Google Begins Complying with EU ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Ruling June 26, 2014 Google has begun removing some search results to comply with a European Union ruling upholding citizens’ right to have objectionable...
U.S. EU Launch Free Trade Talks Despite Spying Concerns July 9, 2013 By Doug Palmer The United States and the European Union began talks on Monday on a landmark bilateral free trade agreement, despite European...