The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published the final guidelines on the use of facial recognition technology in the field of law enforcement. The guidelines emphasize that the use of biometric identification for enforcement purposes requires that national legislation provide an adequate legal basis for processing biometric data. The legislature must authorize the relevant authority to process sensitive personal ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the mere infringement of the provisions of GDPR is insufficient to give rise to compensation unless the data subject can prove that they suffered damage (monetary or non-monetary loss), even if minimally, because of the infringement.

The judgment was delivered on a lawsuit filed by an Austrian citizen against ...

The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has adopted rules to implement the New York City law from 2021 regarding automated employment decision tools (“AEDT”). This first-of-its-kind municipal law prohibits private and public-sector employers and employment agencies in New York City from using an automated employment decision tool unless the tool has been subject to a bias ...