Europe’s highest court will soon deliver a judgement on the 'Schrems II' case that could see the controversial Privacy Shield accord between the EU and the U.S. struck down. Read More
EU Policy Correspondent at CPO Magazine
Jennifer Baker has been a journalist for almost 20 years, the last 8+ focussing on EU tech policy. She is a campaigning reporter on digital civil liberties, in particular the right to privacy and online freedom of expression. A recognised expert on data protection, she has spoken at the Global Privacy Summit, given evidence to European Parliament groups and last year was named by Onalytica as one of the world’s top 100 influencers on data protection.
20 NGOs from across the world published a common statement about their serious concerns on Google's access to health data with the planned takeover of Fitbit. Read More
Survey shows that Europeans are definitely more aware of their data protection rights and have much lesser trust in private companies compared to the public bodies. Read More
European Commission announced an interoperability solution for decentralized coronavirus infection track and trace apps that relies on a gateway service to share information between EU countries. Read More
New ‘European cloud’ project Gaia-X will provide a platform for businesses to search for data storage providers that comply with Europe's data protection laws. Read More
Users are still not trusting secure authentication methods like biometric recognition despite their fear of increasing cyber threats during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Read More
An open letter was published to express concerns over Irish DPA’s way of handling cases and also the confidential meetings between the authority and Facebook to discuss “consent bypass”. Read More
Civil society organizations across the EU have called for a ban on biometric surveillance in public spaces as it violates people’s privacy, fundamental freedoms and dignity. Read More
While contact tracing apps in different countries are under various stages of deployment, there is an ongoing debate over the use of centralized vs. decentralized tracking in the app. Read More
The European strategy for data encourages data sharing but will be faced with problems of competition between companies, and issues of privacy and data protection. Read More
