PrivacyPod #9: Supermassive Annoyance

In this week’s episode we delve deep into a report from the EDPB on data protection authorities’ resources. We look behind the numbers and graphs and explain what the report tells us about the state of privacy in the EU. Other than that, it’s the usual stuff: Facebook not being transparent, ICO being awesome in providing guidelines to companies and a couple of weird and wonderful decisions from around Europe.   EDPB report: Overview on resources made available by Member States to the Data Protection Authorities and on enforcement actions by the Data Protection Authorities https://edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2021-08/edpb_report_2021_overviewsaressourcesandenforcement_v3_en_0.pdf   China’s new privacy law https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-passes-new-personal-data-privacy-law-take-effect-nov-1-2021-08-20/   ICO approved new certification schemes https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2021/08/ico-approves-the-first-uk-gdpr-certification-scheme-criteria/   Facebook not being transparent https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/22/22636508/facebook-releases-shelved-content-transparency-report-content-coronavirus   Clubhouse joining other social media platforms in protecting privacy in Afghanistan https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/21/22635378/clubhouse-removes-personal-info-user-accounts-afghanistan-taliban-safety   Weird and wonderful collection of decisions https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=OGH_-_6Ob56/21k&mtc=today https://www.enforcementtracker.com/     We’d love to get feedback – so please tag us, follow us, DM us… or send us traditional email: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodPrivacy, #privacypod Instagram: @privacypod Email: [email protected] PrivacyPod is powered by PrivacyAnt, find out more about the privacy solutions here: https://www.privacyant.com/en/