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Serbia, algorithmic discrimination rehearsals

By |December 14th, 2022|Tags: , , |

A new law on social services in Serbia provides for the collection of a large amount of personal data of beneficiaries, to be analysed with an algorithm that evaluates their socio-economic condition. The declared goal is to improve the distribution of resources, but over 22,000 people have already lost the subsidy, without knowing why.

Citizens’ distrust and lack of consensus: what led to the fiasco of contact tracing apps

By |January 5th, 2022|Tags: , , |

European countries have spent months debating what to do with data collected through contact tracing apps. A lack of consensus, as well as the launch of new systems by Apple and Google, lessened the chances of a unified protocol among the bloc. What is clear is that Europe always prioritised the data protection of its own users.

ENISA: The cornerstone of the EU’s cybersecurity strategy

By |December 13th, 2021|Tags: , |

The Cybersecurity Agency has been tasked with building a common defence, without any faults, against cyberattacks in the EU. While it seemed like an uphill struggle at first, restructure after restructure has built it into an organisation at the forefront of fighting Brussels’ war on cybercriminals.

Brussel’s plan to protect the EU from cyberattacks

By |December 2nd, 2021|Tags: , |

The Covid-19 crisis has turned us into a digital society. Large parts of our day-to-day lives now take place in the digital sphere and this has made Member States much more vulnerable to cyberattacks. To neutralise them, the European Commission launched its new Cybersecurity Strategy in December 2020.

The EU faces off with Big Tech: GDPR’s enforcement enters its final phase

By |November 15th, 2021|Tags: , , |

Member states have imposed eight hundred and eighty sanctions since the law was introduced in May 2018, but the war against the tech giants has just begun. If the EU wants to win it, it will need to commit to it with greater investment and cooperation from all its members.

Google and Facebook dominate behavioural advertising, even with the cookie crumbling

By |February 10th, 2021|Tags: , , , |

Action is being taken to increase transparency on the processing of users’ personal data on the internet, but the main digital advertisers still rely on intrusive practices that try to influence people’s behaviours. European regulation on data protection could mitigate the issue, but its enforcement is limited

Not just apps: privacy, personal data and COVID-19 in the western Balkans

By |May 18th, 2020|Tags: , , , |

The measures adopted by some Balkan countries to contain the pandemic have raised perplexity in associations and researchers who deal with privacy and digital rights. Emergency actions, derogating from the national rules of law, could translate into mass surveillance tools.

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