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[…] for a digital age 75 (and those of millions of other Europeans) to the United States. After crowdfunding his campaign, he succeeded in challenging Facebook through the Irish authorities and eventually the European Court of Justice. Max epitomises citizen lobbying. He occupied the space left vacant by regulators, enforcers and civil society organisations. We […]

[…] since 2008, requested the company to provide him with a copy of all the data it holds about himself. Later on, he filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (“DPC”) in which he asked the DPC to exercise its power by prohibiting Facebook Ireland to transfer his personal data to the US.6 […]

[…] corporation InterContinental Hotels Group, British hotel company Telefónica, Spanish mobile network provider Mind Candy Inc., British children’s app developer and creator of mobile game “Moshi Monsters” Ingersoll-Rand, Irish global diversified industrial company Dassault, major French manufacturer and software developer Vodafone, major British telecommunications company   These and other participating European companies depend on the […]

[…] OF COMMERCE , U.S. -EU SAFE HARBOR FRAMEWORK : GUIDE TO SELF -CERTIFICATION 11 (2009), http://www.trade.gov/publications/pdfs/safeharbor -selfcert2009.pdf . See also Letter from Ciara O’Sullivan, Senior Compliance Officer, Irish Data Protection Authority, to Europe -v-facebook.org (July 23, 2013), available at http://www.e urope -v-facebook.org/Response_23_7_2013.pdf (Irish DPA relying on the national security exception in the Safe Harbor […]

  1966 THE EU-U.S. PRIVACY COLLISION: A TURN TO INSTITUTIONS AND PROCEDURES Pa u l M . S c h w a r t z ∗ I.  INTRODUCTION   Internet scholarship in the United States generally concentrates on  how decisions made in this country about copyright law, network neu- trality, and other policy areas shape cyberspace. 1  In one important as- pect of the evolving Internet, however, a comparative focus is indis- pensable.  Legal forces outside the United States have significantly  shaped the governance of information privacy, a highly important as- pect of cyberspace, and one involving central issues of civil liberties.   The EU has played a major role in international decisions involving  information privacy, a role that has been bolstered by the authority of  EU member states to block data transfers to third party nations, in- cluding the United States. 2  The European Commission’s release in late January 2012 of its  proposed “General Data Protection Regulation” (the Proposed Regula- tion) provides a perfect juncture to assess the ongoing EU-U.S. privacy  collision. 3  An intense debate is now occurring about critical areas of  information policy, including the rules for lawfulness of personal pro- cessing, the “right to be forgotten,” and the conditions for data flows  between the EU and the United States.  This Article begins by tracing the rise of the current EU-U.S. pri- vacy status quo.  The European Commission’s 1995 Data Protection  Directive (the Directive) staked out a number of bold positions, includ- ing a limit on international data transfers to countries that lacked “ad- equate” legal protections for personal information. 4  The impact of the  […]

This post is the third in a series on personality versus personality in AI systems. Read Part 1 (exploring concepts) and Part 2 (concrete uses and risks).   Conversational AI technologies are hyper-personalizing. Across sectors, companies are focused on offering personalized experiences that are tailored to users’ preferences, behaviors, and virtual and physical environments. These […]

“Algorithmic pricing,” “surveillance pricing,” “dynamic pricing”: in states across the U.S., lawmakers are introducing legislation to regulate a range of practices that use large amounts of data and algorithms to routinely inform decisions about the prices and products offered to consumers. These bills—targeting what this analysis collectively calls “data-driven pricing”—follow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s […]

[…] narrowly on specific types of health data individually or in tandem with AI or other technologies. For example, mental health chatbots (Utah HB452), reproductive health data ( Virginia SB754), or AI disclosures in clinical settings (California AB3030). Other bills and laws have broad definitions that include location, movement, and voice data, all common types […]

FPF is pleased to welcome our colleague Bianca-Ioana Marcu to her new role as Managing Director of FPF Europe. With extensive experience in privacy and data protection, she takes on this responsibility at a pivotal moment for digital regulation in Europe. In this blog, we will explore her perspectives on the evolving privacy landscape, her […]