Digital Services Act – a way out of the disinformation crisis?
//Tahireh Panahi// In times of polycrisis, the EU is also experiencing a disinformation crisis, since state actors, troll armies, politicians, but also private individuals are deliberately spreading untrue factual claims on social media. Consequences are a loss of trust in…
Data-friendly AI systems
//by Klaus Meffert// Artificial intelligence (AI) has been on the rise since the launch of ChatGPT. The possibilities of new methods are enormous. Thanks to powerful hardware, especially graphics cards, computationally intensive electronic brains can now provide sophisticated answers in…
EDPB’s urgent binding decision regarding Meta – the end of behavioural advertising?
//by Katharina Kollmann// On 7 December 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its urgent binding decision regarding Meta of 27 October 2023, which had been eagerly awaited by European data protection experts. In this decision, the Irish data…
Revised Swiss Data Protection Act: What companies from the EU need to consider
//Annette Vogt Widmer// On 1 September 2023, Switzerland’s revised Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) came into force together with its implementing provisions, the Data Protection Ordinance (DPO). What do the changes mean for companies and organizations from the EU?…
Navigating Personal Data Transfers to Türkiye from the EU
// Eyüp Kun and Abdullah Elbi // Introduction and context The GDPR establishes strict requirements for personal data transfers outside the EU, demanding adequate safeguards and ensuring that data subjects have enforceable rights and effective legal remedies. The blogpost is…
On the Creativity of the Artificial Intelligence Creation
//by Murat Gülsoy// Although it doesn’t progress linearly, we can say that science and technology have expanded their boundaries over time and changed our relationship with the world. The advances in science and the technological innovations that accompany them bring…
Children’s Privacy – lost on TikTok? DPC fines € 345 million
TikTok is the most popular social media service for children. The Irish DPC provided a decision on the platform regarding the data processing of children’s data. The DPC imposed a fine of €345 million against TikTok and an order to…
Challenges of AI regulation in the EU-trilogue: Searching for a balanced solution
//by Behrang Raji // With the new AI regulation, the European Union has decided to create a globally pioneering legal framework for AI technologies, aiming to safeguard fundamental values. On June 14th, the European Parliament adopted its position, enabling the…
CJEU: the right to a copy of data
by Gerald Trieb and Stephanie Briegl// In its decision of 4 May 2023, the European Court of Justice (CJEU, C-487/21) dealt with the term “copy” and its the meaning of under Art 15 para 3 of the GDPR. CRIF, a credit reference…
Negotiations in the Council of Europe on the Convention on Artificial Intelligence: the ongoing story of the mountain which labored and brought forth a mouse
Anonymous// When, in 2021, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) set up a Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI)1, tasked with the elaboration of a legal instrument on the development, design, and application of artificial intelligence (AI)…