Rarely has a European Data Protection Board plenary generated so much aggravation and heated opinions as what we are seeing this week. The EDPB issued its opinion on the pay-or-consent models being deployed by large online platforms as a legal construct to support behavioral advertising. This follo...

The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office issued a reprimand to the Clyde Valley Housing Association in Lanarkshire after residents' personal information was left accessible to others in an online portal.Full story...

Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, published requirements for entities overseeing industry-specific codes of conduct. The eight categories of requirements are based on Article 41 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and include conflict of interest provisions and mechanisms fo...

The Netherlands' data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, requested the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management curb the use of smart traffic lights that track traffic volume and speed, DutchNews reports. However, the technology embedded in the traffic signals also collects dr...

Laura Caroli, who serves as European Parliament senior policy advisor to MEP Brando Benifei and led negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act at the technical level, writes about the challenges of regulating the multifaceted AI industry and what prior harmonization efforts, such as the EU Gene...