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Assessing UK law enforcement data adequacy
Data protection experts discuss the consequences of achieving data adequacy between the UK and EU for the UK’s intelligence services and criminal justice sector
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Despite the LED being transposed into various European countries’ national laws, including the UK’s in May 2018, the EDPB publication marks the first time the body has broached the topic of LED adequacy, which the UK needs if it wants to continue receiving law enforcement data from the EU.
Specifically, the EDPB found the “standard of essential equivalence” Schrems II required for data adequacy decisions under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) also applies in a similar manner to the law enforcement sector, which means EU citizens’ data being handled under the directive must be given the same level of protection when it is sent overseas as it receives within the EU.
TikTok breaches users rights and fails to protect children from hidden advertising, according to a consumer group s complaint to the EU yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Consumer group BEUC also alleges TikTok misleads people about how it uses their data. Given a large proportion of its users are children, this is even more concerning and dangerous, BEUC said.
TikTok breaches consumer rights and fails to protect children from hidden advertising and inappropriate content, a consumer-rights group said in a complaint against the platform to the European Commission filed on Tuesday.
The BEUC, which styles itself as the European Consumer Organization, also claims TikTok is infringing EU law by misleading users in how it processes personal data, preventing young people from making informed decisions about their data rights under EU data rules.
Brussels on the verge of issuing a positive data adequacy decision for UK
The European Commission could announce the decision as early as this week
Brussels on the verge of issuing a positive data adequacy decision for UK
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