The French social media app BeReal promises its audience a daily dose of real life. Users are encouraged to “BeReal” by sharing daily selfies with their followers. To that end, every day at a random time, users receive a notification inviting them to „BeReal“ and take and post a photo of themselves within the next […]
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KI Im Schwimmbad
Der Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) durchzieht zunehmend mehr Bereiche unseres Lebens. Auch in Schwimmbädern kommt KI bereits zum Einsatz. Im vergangenen Jahr sind laut Statistik der DLRG mindestens 378 Menschen in Deutschland ertrunken, davon acht in Schwimmbädern. Entgegen der weit verbreiteten Annahme, Ertrinkende würden sich durch Hilferufe bemerkbar machen oder durch wildes Plantschen auffallen, erfolgt […]
Wie steht es eigentlich um die Verordnung zur Regulierung der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI)?
Eine vertrauenswürdige Künstliche Intelligenz kann vielerlei Vorteile mit sich bringen, etwa eine Verbesserung im Bereich der Gesundheitsversorgung, umweltverträgliche und sicherere Verkehrsmittel, eine bessere Nutzung der Energie-Ressourcen durch effizientere Fertigung und damit letztlich geringere Kosten. Andererseits birgt sie Probleme, wie Undurchsichtigkeit, Komplexität und den sogenannten Bias. Der Rat der EU forderte daher im Oktober 2020, dass […]
Will the American Data Privacy and Protection Act Become Law Eventually?
While some U.S. states have data privacy laws, amongst them California, known to have the strictest privacy law, to date, the United States do not have a federal data protection act. In June this year, a first draft of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) was proposed. The draft bill received bipartisan support and […]
Amazon Road Transport Spain Fined 2 Million EUR by Spanish Regulator for Requesting Certificates of Good Conduct from Drivers
The Spanish data protection supervisory authority, Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), has issued a fined of 2 million EUR against Amazon Road Transport Spain, S. L., a logistics company that manages deliveries for US-based online-merchant Amazon (see here). Backgound, or: How to Become a Delivery Driver Amazon Road Transport works with formally self-employed […]
Foreign Entities Processing Personal Data in Turkey Must Appoint Representative by End of 2021
The Turkish Law on Personal Data Protection No. 6698 (DPL), which entered into force on April 7, 2016, prescribes that data controllers that are not established in Turkey but process personal data of subjects in Turkey („foreign controllers“) must appoint a data controller representative („representative“). This provision bears resemblance to article 27 of the EU […]
Italian Data Protection Authority Fines Bologna Airport in Connection with Whistleblowing Application
In an injunction of July 10, 2021, published the following month, the Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) has fined the Airport of Bologna € 40,000 for not having implemented adequate technical and organizational measures for a whistleblowing application. Further, the authority held that for that application, a data protection […]
The New California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)
Not that long ago, in January 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) entered into force. Shortly after that, a proposition was made to amend the CCPA, introducing a new privacy law in California, the CPRA. We reported here. Californians once more voted in favor of a new data protection law on November 3, 2020, […]
Portuguese Data Protection Authority Orders Suspension of Data Transfer to USA
The Portuguese Data Protection Commission (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados – CNPD) has ordered the Portuguese office of national statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estatística – INE) to suspend within 12 hours the transfer of personal data from the Census 2021 survey to the USA or other so-called third countries without an adequate level of […]
Alle gedopt? Datenschutz vs Transparenz im Antidopingkampf
Die sind ja doch alle gedopt, war die Antwort eines befreundeten Radrennsportenthusiasten auf meine Frage, ob er sich die Tour de France anschaue. Daraus wird deutlich, wie die Reputation des Sports unter Dopingfällen leidet. Dies ist nicht nur für den Sport als solchen problematisch, sondern vor allem auch für die Athletinnen und Athleten, die sich […]
German Court Calls Alexa to the Stand
The Regensburg (Bavaria) Regional Court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for manslaughter based on evidence from voice recordings of an Alexa smart speaker. The Case The court found the perpetrator –reportedly a notorious stalker– guilty of manslaughter, as, to the persuasion of the court, the man had killed his ex-girlfriend by […]
New California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Secured Enough Signatures for Ballot
You may have heard of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) which entered into effect at the beginning of this year. You can find more information here. In the state ballot in November 2020, Californians will be asked to decide the fate of another new privacy law, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The proposition […]
Europäischer Datenschutzausschuss kritisiert CLOUD Act Datenabkommen zwischen USA und Großbritannien
Das US-Gesetz CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act) erlaubt US-Ermittlungsbehörden den Zugriff auf Daten von US-Unternehmen, auch, wenn diese sich auf Servern im Ausland befinden und ohne dass es eines vorherigen Rechtshilfegesuchs bedarf. Problematisch daran ist, dass Art. 48 der EU-Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) vorsieht, dass eine Übermittlung personenbezogener Daten in ein Drittland nur […]
COVID-19 – New Guidelines on the processing of health data for scientific research
On 21st April 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released new guidelines. As a preliminary remark, the EDPB sees that “there are currently great scientific research efforts in the fight against SARS-CoV-2”, which should lead to research results as soon as possible. At the same time, there are legal questions regarding the processing of […]
The California Consumer Privacy Act, or “Do Not Sell My Personal Information”
On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has entered into effect, described by many as a landmark law and, according to the American Bar Association, the most comprehensive privacy legislation to be enacted in the United States of America. The CCPA was passed in 2018 and is aimed at providing consumers with […]