The European Data Act is part of a comprehensive package of data-focused regulations proposed in February 2020 to achieve Europe’s data strategy. The strategy recognises that individuals are at the centre of data generation and that the use of personal data must prioritise its data subject’s protection but it also identifies that much of the data created is non-personal and represents an untapped source of growth and innovation. This is why the EU seeks to strike a…
Core to the one-stop shop mechanism, the EDPB serves as an independent umbrella organisation for the European data protection authorities (DPAs). The EDPB’s role is central to ensuring consistent application of the GDPR across the EU and also settle disputes in matters of cross-border processing where a group of DPAs are unable to agree on a cross-border decision. The EDPB issued two (2) key guidelines on May 24, 2023: Guidelines 03/2021 on the application of GDPR Article…
Neurotechnology (Neurotech) is a type of technology that takes data directly from the brain and nervous system. The acclaimed sci-fi anthology series ‘Black Mirror’ does a great job of showing the capabilities of this technology. In a particular episode (‘the entire history of you’), you would see the characters being able to record, review and replay all of their past memories in real time using a memory chip device that interacts with the brain. Although…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation has increasingly been on the lips of several lawmakers, with the European Commission (EC) taking a lead part in the advancement of AI-specific laws by proposing harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the AI Act) and modifying certain Union laws. But while the EU is pressing ahead to develop bespoke laws to govern AI, the UK still seems to be taking its somewhat restrained approach by leaving AI regulation to the existing…