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The A-Levels and IB Algorithms Fiascos Show Why Data Protection Should be Regulated Differently…

Two scandals involving algorithmic-based final scores for high-school seniors put automated decision-making based on personal data in the…

4 min readOct 13, 2020

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The A-Levels and IB Algorithms Fiascos Show Why Data Protection Should be Regulated Differently…

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China’s Draft Personal Information Protection Law in 13 Key Points

The Chinese government published a draft Personal Information Protection Law two weeks ago. It is modeled after EU’s GDPR, but with some…

4 min readNov 3, 2020

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China’s Draft Personal Information Protection Law in 13 Key Points

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EU DPAs Issue Green and Red Lights for Processing Health Data During the COVID-19 Epidemic

As Europe is grappling with an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, some European Data Protection Authorities issued public interest…

6 min readMar 12, 2020

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EU DPAs Issue Green and Red Lights for Processing Health Data During the COVID-19 Epidemic

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A US Bill from 1974 shares so much DNA with the GDPR, it could be its ancestor

America’s own GDPR was introduced in Congress in 1974. This Bill applied to government and companies, it restricted international…

7 min readMar 3, 2020

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A US Bill from 1974 shares so much DNA with the GDPR, it could be its ancestor

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Planet49 Judgment brings some ‘Cookie Consent’ Legal Certainty to Planet Online Tracking

The Court of Justice of the European Union published on October 1st its long-awaited judgment in the Planet49 case, which clarifies many…

4 min readOct 3, 2019

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Planet49 Judgment brings some ‘Cookie Consent’ Legal Certainty to Planet Online Tracking

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10 reasons why the GDPR is the opposite of a ‘notice and consent’ type of law

A ‘notice and consent’ privacy law puts the entire burden of privacy protection on the person and then it doesn’t really give them any…

6 min readMar 13, 2019

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10 reasons why the GDPR is the opposite of a ‘notice and consent’ type of law

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Why GDPR mega-sanctions are likely already applying to ePrivacy breaches

Some cross-reference clauses in the ePrivacy Directive create a new type of creature: a regulation-directive with unknown effects on the…

6 min readJan 25, 2019

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Why GDPR mega-sanctions are likely already applying to ePrivacy breaches

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Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna

Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna

Gabriela is Senior Counsel for the Future of Privacy Forum and former legal officer for the European Data Protection Supervisor. PhD in data protection law.

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