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EDPS Newsletter is out!

EDPS · · EU · GDPR & International

The European Data Protection Supervisor has released its latest newsletter, covering topics including cross-regulator information sharing rules, AI use in hiring, mobile driving licences, automated visa checks, and data handling in organ transplantation.

Why this matters: Each topic in this newsletter touches something real. Automated visa checks and AI in hiring decisions affect people who have almost no power to push back if something goes wrong. Mobile driving licences mean governments holding more identity data on phones. The EDPB push for clearer rules on sharing data between regulators matters because once information moves between agencies, individuals rarely find out and almost never get it back. Worth knowing what European regulators are thinking before those ideas become policy.

Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · AI governance · Compliance · General readers · Policy

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