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Ireland DPC sends Meta data transfer case to EU for Article 65 dispute resolution

The fate of Meta's data transfers to the U.S. is now facing an EU General Data Protection Regulation Article 65 dispute resolution mechanism in the EU, after Ireland's Data Protection Commission was unable to resolve objections from other EU data protection authorities to its draft enforcement decision. The case is now in the hands of the Secretariat of the European Data Protection Board, which — after it completes its administrative work — will officially trigger the Article 65 dispute resolution process.

What to expect with EU regulatory proposals in 2023

EU policymakers will focus on closing the most important legislative files in the next 12 months before the European elections in spring 2024. Major outstanding proposals include the Artificial Intelligence Act and the Data Act, which stand to pave the way for such regulation globally if Brussels can close negotiations. Member states will circle back to the deadlock around ePrivacy Regulation and child sexual abuse material.

OPC finds retailer's e-receipt sharing violated consumers' privacy

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced findings from an investigation into Home Depot's e-receipt sharing with Meta's Facebook. The OPC found the retailer shared receipts, which included encoded email addresses and in-store purchase information, without proper consent from consumers. According to the OPC's recommendation, Home Depot halted sharing with Facebook in October 2022.

Hacker stole data of 'presumably every' Austrian citizen; Password manager parent company breached

  • Austrian police said a Dutch hacker stole personally identifiable information of “presumably every citizen,” Reuters reports. The unnamed hacker was arrested in November for allegedly stealing nearly nine million sets of data. He reportedly also listed “similar data sets” from Colombia, the Netherlands and Italy for sale.

European Parliament considers regulations preventing election interference

European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee may tighten political advertising regulations to reduce election interference and improve transparency, Forbes reports. An IMCO proposal allows advertisers to only use personal data expressly given to them for political advertising purposes. This would ban “microtargeting” voters “on the basis of their gender, race, sexual orientation, or other individual characteristics,” as well as the use of children’s data entirely.