Following the Schrems II ruling and invalidation of the US-EU Privacy Shield, the Council of Europe has said that intelligence services need to stop spying on individuals’ digital communications.
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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.
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