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European Commission accused of rigging data watchdog appointment

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The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for Europe’s next data protection watchdog in favour of its own candidate, according to a complaint submitted to the European Ombudsman and shared with Computer Weekly. Submitted by privacy experts Maria Farrell, Douwe Korff and Ian Brown, the complaint alleged “procedural irregularities” with the…

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Sweden gets help pulling its sovereign AI socks up

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Financiers picked up the pace of funding in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Sweden last month, after an urgent government AI Commission warned that a lack of private investment was hindering the country’s scientific and economic development.  In the space of a fortnight at the end of May, the nation with one of the least…

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European Commission should rescind UK data adequacy

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Seven civil society organisations are calling on European Commissioner Michael McGrath to rescind the UK’s data adequacy status, citing major concerns around the country’s ongoing erosion of privacy and data rights. Writing to McGrath in an open letter dated 3 June 2025, the organisations argue that current data handling practices in the UK – in…

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UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’

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Technical difficulties mean scores of people living in the UK have no means to reliably prove their immigration status or “right” to be in the country following the Home Office’s transition to an electronic visa (eVisa) system. Those affected by the eVisa system’s technical failings told Computer Weekly, on condition of anonymity, that the entire…

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AI and compliance: What are the risks?

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The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI) and chatbots, gives businesses a wealth of opportunities to improve the way they work with customers, drive efficiencies and speed up labour-intensive tasks. But GenAI has brought problems, too. These range from security flaws and privacy concerns to questions about bias, accuracy and even…

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AI and compliance: Staying on the right side of law and regulation

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Regulations and legal frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI) currently lag behind the technology’s uptake. The rise of generative AI (GenAI) has pushed artificial intelligence to the fore of organisations’ modernisation plans, but so far, most development has taken place in a regulatory vacuum. Regulators are rushing to catch up. According to industry analyst Gartner, between…

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Podcast: RSA 2025 to grapple with AI compliance, US and EU regulation

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In this podcast, we talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, about the ongoing impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on data, storage and compliance for CIOs. Gorge discusses the implications for data, its volume, the difficulties of keeping track of inputs and outputs from AI processing, and the need to keep up with law and…

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Meta settles lawsuit over surveillance business model

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Meta has agreed for the first time to stop using the personal data of a specific individual for targeted advertising, as part of a negotiated settlement with human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll. Launched in November 2022, O’Carroll’s lawsuit alleged the technology conglomerate was ignoring her legal right to object to the processing and continued use…

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Footballers object to processing of performance data

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Football players are issuing “stop processing” requests to gaming, betting and data-processing firms over the use of their performance, health and injury data, citing ethical concerns with how the information being distributed about them can affect their career prospects. Under Article 21 of the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals have the right to…

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