On 1 June 2025, China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) brought into force the Measures for the Security Management of Face Recognition Technology Applications (the "Measures"). This landmark regulation is the first piece of dedicated legislation in Chin [...]
The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) recently imposed a €500,000 fine on Fútbol Club Barcelona for failing to properly conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) when implementing biometric systems used during the club’s membership censu [...]
The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) recently imposed a €950,000 fine on a company offering digital identity and age verification services that rely on facial analysis technology. The decision is particularly relevant for organisations deploying fac [...]
Spanish football club Atlético Osasuna introduced a facial recognition system for stadium access, sparking a GDPR complaint. The case highlights the challenges of biometric data processing, questioning its legality under the GDPR. The issue goes beyond [...]
The growing use of biometric systems in workplaces has brought new challenges for data protection, especially with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe. A recent case in Belgium highlights these issues after a company introduced a fingerprint-based time-tracking s [...]
The UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), announced on 23 July 2024 that it had issued a warning to a school in Essex for the unlawful use of facial recognition technology - a violation of Art. 58 para. 2 lit. b UK GDPR. What [...]
In November 2023, the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) unveiled new guidelines regarding the use of biometric data in the workplace to ensure companies’ compliance with data protection laws while implementing attendance control systems such as f [...]
After a record-long negotiation (36 hours), the EU Parliament declared on Friday, December 8, 2023, that they have successfully reached an agreement on the upcoming AI Act. As of now, there is no official text available. The only official sources of [...]
