The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has published guidance on manual contact tracing by EU institutions for COVID-19 purposes. The EDPS considers that manual contact tracing is compatible with EU law as long as European...
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) launched a report in which they recommend that the United Kingdom passes new regulations to control algorithmic personalisation. The approach of CDEI aims at reducing potential harm...
The Irish data protection authority, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), has announced the launch of a statutory inquiry against Tinder. The Inquiry of the DPC will set out to establish whether the company has a legal basis for ...
According to CNBC, Google confirmed that users' content uploaded on Google Photos may have been shared with strangers in November 2019, due to a technical error. A Google spokesperson explained "We are notifying people about a bug...
The Progressus Corporation announced its selection to head phase two of the African Regulatory Watch Initiative (RWI). RWI is set up to help the government with the challenges of broadband market growth such as: connecting the unc...
On 3 February 2020, at the inauguration of the Lake Kivu Drone Challenge (LKC), Benedict Eijbergen from the World Bank called for flexible drone policies in Africa to encourage both big and small companies to operate. The LKC is a...
Uganda along with 9 other African countries will lose out as Google winds up its Internet Balloon Project which Google stated was "an unsustainable business model". In 2019, Loon LLC, signed a Letter of Agreement in Kampala with o...
The Dutch government is launching 'Do your updates' campaign aimed to encourage people to update their smart devices. According to a study conducted for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate in the Netherlands, more than ha...
Twitter has introduced a new policy for dealing with synthetic and manipulated media (including deepfakes). The policy prohibits users from deceptively sharing synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with major internet platforms to ensure that WHO's information about the coronavirus appears first in online searches. The WHO aims to communicate what is known and what is not known ...
Reports by Ofcom Children's Media Use and Attitudes report 2019 and Children's Media Lives reveal that around two million parents today feel that the risks children face online outweigh the benefits. While the reports ...
In an attempt to protect children online, Facebook announced additional tools and features in their messenger app that allows parents to have more control on children's experience. Parents now have access to the Messenger Kids par...