Privacy, the GDPR implementation and competition enforcement
MEF regulatory advisor Serafino Abate examines recent privacy events in Europe where in Germany courts took action against Facebook’s practices and the EU’s first GDPR implementation report was published.
A few weeks back, we saw two different, but related, public interventions on privacy and data protection. In Germany, the Supreme Court upheld the decision by the German Federal competition enforcer, the Bundeskartellamt. To follow, the EU then published its first GDPR implementation report, two years after the seminal piece of legislation was adopted in Europe.
TIK TOK under review by European Privacy authorities
The Italian authority for Privacy (GPDP) has launched a co-ordinated action to review the risks linked with the TikTok app – an attempt to protect children’s privacy rights. TikTok is a social network that allows creating and sharing audios, videos, and pictures, used by millions of mostly young users worldwide.
The Italian DPA is calling on the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to set up an ad-hoc task force – the EDPB it the body that represents all EU data protection authorities. The topic could have clear ramification across all international apps – currently the principles of European GDPR regulations are clear, but they are not easily applied/reviewed.
RTB advertising: ICO threatens punishments, more work to be done
Six months after its first warning the UK Privacy Regulator (ICO) is making clear that the issues with RTB online advertising have not gone away, and it is now threatening to punish companies that are misbehaving. The analysis from ICO shows that sensitive personal information is shared by some advertising players, without securing approval by users, and with few appropriate security mechanisms. ICO is happy with the progress that some have made since July 2019, but remains unsatisfied. ICO had highlighted multiple issues in the way companies exchanged user information to support online ads when landing on a webpage.
Fireside chat: Modica Group
In this Fireside Chat MEF CEO Dario Betti speaks to Stuart Wilson, CEO of New Zealand based A2P messaging platform Modica Group about their business and the current state of the A2P market in New Zealand and globally.
Asked about the maturity and growth of the SMS A2P Market in New Zealand, Stuart said: “It’s gone through similar cycles: a little bit of enterprise then premium rate, then regulation & customer service shutting down premium rate and security becoming a big driver.
Internet Business Models are changing – around Personal Data
The major discussion across Internet players today is about the future model to collect, manage and monetise personal data. MEF CEO Dario Betti calls for businesses to help define the opportunities at the heart of the next crucial phase of the Internet’s development.
Much of the early Internet experience was based on advertising revenues, often relying on companies collecting data without clear consent from users and sharing it with a large number of advertisers and intermediaries to provide ‘better profiling’ of customers.
Brazilian Data Privacy Law is updated after latest Congress round of negotiations
Rafael Pellon, MEF LatAm advisor and Technology, Media & IP Law specialist Nathalia Santos share an update on the latest developments in Brazilian data privacy regulation, and the recently approved Brazilian Data Protection Law. After much discussions and negotiations on Congress, the Brazilian Data Protection Law (“LGPD”) was finally approved last July 9th, 2019.
MEF Briefing: UK Regulator gives 6 months to restructure personal data sharing in programmatic media
The Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection, is giving 6 months to adtech companies for adjusting the process of data sharing in real time biding (RTB), programmatic advertising.
The analysis from ICO shows that sensitive personal information is shared by some advertising players, without securing approval by users, and with few appropriate security mechanisms.
A Year of GDPR: Looking Back & To The Future
Michael Becker, co-author of the MEF consumer Trust Report reflects on the first year of the GDPR and takes a detailed look at the impact it has had across the ecosystem globally.
May 25th marked the one-year anniversary of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), a tsunami that washed on to the world’s shores.
Industry views: GDPR one year on
This Saturday the 25th of May marks one year since the launch of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation which introduced new rules for how businesses handle consumer’s personal data.
We asked MEF Members from across the mobile value chain to share their thoughts on GDPR’s first year; how has the regulation impacted the mobile ecosystem and attitudes towards personal data among businesses and consumers, and what have been its major successes and failures?
Member Interview: Sundi Sundaresh, Cinarra
MEFTV speaks to Sundi Sundaresh, President & CEO of Cinarra who among other things discussed the challenges of handling consumer’s personal data responsibly – we asked how the landscape has changed for businesses in light of new regulation such as GDPR:
“Interestingly the landscape hasn’t changed for us very much, we’ve had very strong emphasis on privacy from the very beginning, from Softbank mobile, and in order to be compliant with Japanese privacy laws, and so we built that into the product.