Another impactful judgement from the German Federal Court of Justice highlighting that a mere, even if temporary, loss of control over personal data following a GDPR violation constitutes a non-material damage. The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...

Vahel on Riigikohtu istungeid päris huvitav kuulata - nt küsib Riigikohus osapooltelt kuidas tõlgendada teatud GDPRi sätet 🙃

Considering Witkoff’s track record, Putin will yet again humiliate Witkoff and this meeting will not lead to any meaningful outcome www.barrons.com/news/trump-s...

In light of this article, I highly recommend to read this very good thread by @johnnyryan.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/john... www.euractiv.com/news/us-tell...

This is *amazing*. This goes straight to Deceptive Design Hall of Shame. They made a "take a break" nudge that has no obvious "ok, I'll take a break" affordance. Its three affordances are: 1) Keep chatting (default, highlighted) 2) x out — keeps chatting 3) "This was helpful" — what is this? 🧵

LinkedIn is really getting on my nerves by aggressively pushing me every few days to get verification badge on my profile.. 😤

Very important article by Gyunduz Mamedov, who rightly argues that the discussed peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia must not ignore international criminal justice and absolutely no amnesty should be granted to Russia for any of its crimes www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

The new draft peace agreement after negotiation in Geneva reads like a plan, which yet again favour Russia’s demands rather than Ukraine’s and I do not see how it should in any way punish Russia or gives them a lesson. The new plan will not bring us closer to peace and stability in Europe.

The EU is going to make a significant mistake with this concession! There shouldn’t be any kind of reintegration of Russia into global economy until Russian officials haven’t been tried before a court of law and reparations to Ukraine paid in full!

"Google will change its consent request "by providing clearer and more accurate information on the implications of consent for the use of personal data", as well as on the range and volume of its services where consent may involve the "combination" and "cross-use" of personal data"

China’s APT31 linked to hacks on Russian tech firms therecord.media/russia-repor...

Denmark is working to find a solution to the ongoing standoff between EU lawmakers and national governments over who should be the new head of EDPS www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Noh @skypulss.bsky.social, Tiesto vist naasmas oma juurte juurde m.youtube.com/watch?v=pOAa...

Despite very differing opinions regarding Digital Omnibus proposed regulations, I think it is healthy to have debates and meaningful discussions regarding the proposed amendments, especially those regarding the GDPR and ePrivacy.

Via @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Doc circulating in Ukrainian media is said to be the 28-point plan. It's not as absurd and dire as has been reported -- it's even more so. Eng. translation follows. N.B. I absolutely love point 3: "it is expected" Russia won't invade anyone else. Long 🧵 because 🤡🎪

Finally managed to finally set aside some time to carefully crawl today through the Digital Omnibus proposals and my eyes are so tired now 🤣

Well, if to quote Mike Ross from "The Suits", then law is indeed a precise endeavor. GDPR≠Regulation 2016/1679 😆

There we go!

“Simplification is acceptable as long as it does not attack the core of data protection”. Crystal clear position by EDPB Chair, Anu Talus, at #DPC25 which I think still leaves room for manoeuvre for sensible and pragmatic tweaks to the #GDPR (as the UK has already done).

So today is finally the day we shall see the European Commission’s official GDPR reform proposals.

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16? *in my opinion it is one of the best pop music albums of all time

Dozens of groups call for governments to protect encryption cyberscoop.com/encryption-s... by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social

The European Commission is planning to launch Digital Markets Act related investigation into AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to study the platforms’ market power www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The police in the Netherlands have seized around 250 physical servers powering a bulletproof hosting service in the country used exclusively by cybercriminals for providing complete anonymity.

Council adopts rules clarifying the cross-border enforcement of GDPR. The regulation will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU. It will become applicable 15 months after its entry into force. See www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

The Malta Tax and Customs Administration has confirmed that a data breach on Tuesday afternoon exposed contact details of around 7,000 companies, after an error during a routine communication process led to the wrong file being attached to a mass email www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

A great paper by @alemanno.bsky.social examining the legality of Omnibus simplification legislation under the EU law, where Alberto uses the Omnibus I Simplification Directive as the case study papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Anthropic said its coding tool, Claude Code, was manipulated by a Chinese state-sponsored group to attack 30 entities around the world in September, achieving a “handful of successful intrusions” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

🇺🇦 One of the best bits of journalism last week I saw was @pravda.ua doing a 20 minute video compilation of Zelensky's various statements about needing to stamp out corruption in Ukraine over the years - from his 2019 campaign trail to now. No comments were necessary.

My lecture today was about the AI act in which I also discussed the recent attempt by EC of weakening GDPR and AI act in the form of the digital omnibus package stimulated by the #AI Hype (see also open letter @krisshrishak.bsky.social) These are undemocratic developments that should worry everyone.

The Google Shopping antitrust saga from 2017 continues as Google was ordered by the Higher Regional Court of Berlin to pay €573 million in damages to two German price-comparison websites for continuing abuse of its market power www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A really insightful interview from the prison that @joetidy.bsky.social and the crew conducted with the former most wanted cyber criminal under nickname 'Tank' with real name Vyacheslav Penchukov, who used to run the infamous Russian cyber gang

The CJEU has pretty much upheld the AG Szpunar opinion in a case related to direct marketing 👇

Twitter is being investigated by Ireland’s Coimisiún na Meán focusing on how the social media platform handles user appeals against content moderation decisions under Digital Services Act www.euractiv.com/news/irish-w...

"The European Democracy Shield will present actions across three main pillars: 1) safeguarding the integrity of the information space; 2) strengthening our institutions, fair and free elections, and free and independent media; and 3) boosting societal resilience and citizens' engagement."

Meta is facing one of the most significant leaves as Meta’s head AI scientist Yann LeCun has announced his departure and is planning to launch his own startup nypost.com/2025/11/11/b...

Trump administration is pushing to strip language from a resolution that affirms Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemns Russia’s occupation of Crimea and other regions - www.kyivpost.com/post/63999

According to Mlex reporting, a NY magistrate judge has ordered OpenAI to produce 20M anonymized ChatGPT conversations to news outlets including the New York Times. www.mlex.com/mlex/intelle...

🚨🚨Striking and frightening that #Trump is also calling the shots over British #broadcasting and the #BBC. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/whit...

Great to see that Estonia is against review of the GDPR. Link to the leaked position paper of Member States: noyb.eu/sites/defaul...

The Commission is set to introduce the Digital Omnibus on November 19. Here's version 2.0 of the analysis of the draft amendments on the GDPR and ePrivacy in the “Digital Omnibus” Overview by Max Schrems here: lnkd.in/dnt_e2v7.

Absurd: "the AGs argued that the EU’s new sustainability laws would impose 'unlawful' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandates on American companies"

Great analysis by @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social of the latest leaked European Commission draft proposal for the review of the GDPR

After reading this article, I think it would be safe to say that if these proposals would get approved, then @gzf.bsky.social’s remark that the EU’s data protection would be weaker than that of those countries, who built their own regimes based on the GDPR is very on point. ppc.land/germany-push...

Yes, I have read the leaked GDPR Omnibus. Yes, if unleashed as is, it will be an earthquake for EU data protection law (with 2 or 3 of the deep cuts). Which, ironically, would leave most countries that imported the GDPR with a stronger data protection regime than the GDPR.

Lõpuks ometi keegi ütles selle välja 👏 epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...

The European Commission is proposing to pause parts of its AI Act amid intense pressure from big tech companies and the U.S. government, the Financial Times reported on Friday www.reuters.com/business/eu-...

Deregulation does not inevitably liberate innovation. GDPR enforcement against giant U.S. and Chinese firms is the solution to the problems identified by the Commission, not deregulation of the GDPR - on point statement by @johnnyryan.bsky.social and @iccl.bsky.social! 👏 www.iccl.ie/digital-data...

This is literally how I feel when I try to explain current state of being in the EU digital regulations sphere after the fresh leak from the European Commission

Congressional Budget Office believed to be hacked by foreign actor www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...