The EU-US Data Privacy Framework is finally a reality. Today the European Union announced the approval of the much-awaited Adequacy decision (see here), officially recognising the United States as a country that provides sufficient protections for the data of EU citizens which is transferred across the Atlantic. The decision comes following lengthy negotiations and a long period ...
25May 2023
5 years of the GDPR: A call for sustainability
Today we celebrate 5 years of GDPR enforcement, the “birthday” of our revolutionary European legal data protection framework. Each year, I look forward to this anniversary and take time to reflect on the past, present, and future of data protection. While criticizing enforcement of the GDPR seems to be in vogue as of late, I remain ...
30Dec 2022
Are the GEDI Group’s cookie banners compliant with the GDPR?
In recent weeks, cookies have received a great deal of attention in Italy after Italian media conglomerate, GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., implemented new cookie banners across a number of its websites (e.g., La Repubblica, La Stampa, Huffpost, Il Secolo XIX). GEDI is not alone, however, as other major Italian newspapers such as Corriere della Sera, ...
14Jun 2022
Serious Privacy Podcast appearance – “The fourth leg of ESG: a Privacy Framework”
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool for the Serious Privacy podcast, check out the episode here! During the podcast we discuss my research on the topic of Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility which aims to improve data protection and data security for a ...
25May 2022
Happy Birthday, GDPR! Reflections on the potential for sustainable data processing to combat climate change
Each year I celebrate May 25th, the anniversary of the applicability of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), by reflecting on the spirit of the Regulation and taking stock of its relevance in supporting democracy, fundamental rights, and the freedoms we hold so dear. This year, however, my thoughts have concentrated on another incredibly relevant ...
19May 2022
“ADVANCED CYBERSECURITY AND GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY” COURSE WEEK 6: Cybersecurity and 5G networks
We’re kicking off the sixth and final week of the “Advanced Cybersecurity and Global Cybersecurity Strategy” course with a lecture from Mika Lauhde on Cybersecurity and 5G networks. Today our students of the Advanced Master in Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Management and Leadership LLM at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) will take a deep ...
16May 2022
“ADVANCED CYBERSECURITY AND GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY” COURSE WEEK 5: Tutorial #6
It’s tutorial time! This afternoon Mika Lauhde will guide our students of the “Advanced Cybersecurity and Global Cybersecurity Strategy” course at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) in the weekly tutorial session. During the tutorial, students will envision that they represent a European company purchasing an AI firewall to defend their critical infrastructure and assets. Accordingly, the ...
16Mar 2022
New ground-breaking framework for building a sustainable data-driven economy: Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility
I’m extremely pleased that what I first envisioned in 2017 and presented in my inaugural lecture at Maastricht University in 2019 has taken shape – today we have published the first-ever complete CSR framework for data protection aimed at improving privacy and security for a sustainable digital future! The Maastricht University Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility Framework (UM-DPCSR) is the result of the related research ...
28Jan 2022
#DataProtectionDay: Committing to Transparency in 2022 with ECPC Data Protection Icons
Today is International Data Protection Day, in celebration of the 41st anniversary of the first binding international treaty concerning the topic of data protection being opened for signature: the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. Since the early 1980s, both the quantity and economic importance of data ...
15Dec 2021
“Easy privacy information via icons? Yes, you can!”: The European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) Data Protection Icons win transparency contest organized by the Italian Data Protection Authority
We are very pleased to announce that the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) is among the winners of the Italian Data Protection Authority’s “Easy privacy information via icons? Yes, you can!” data protection icons contest! Launched on 15 March 2021, the contest called upon members of the public to develop a set of icons which may be ...
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