Privacy First warns that new AMLA guidelines could lead to continuous monitoring of bank customers, with every citizen being tracked preventively. The foundation fears a financial surveillance state that conflicts with fundamental rights under the GDPR and the European Charter, among others. According to Privacy First, automated risk profiling with AI is particularly problematic: citizens […]
Flock Safety allows police to continuously search camera footage using AI for individuals matching a written description, such as clothing, color, or objects. WIRED reconstructed the interface and found that officers can geofence areas and receive automatic alerts as soon as the AI detects a potential match. Although Flock is introducing new controls, such as […]
Around 241,000 Uber drivers across Europe and the UK are represented in a landmark collective action filed in Amsterdam over AI-driven pay and job allocation. Drivers allege Uber’s opaque algorithm profiles their behaviour to determine the lowest fare an individual driver may accept, potentially offering different pay for the same trip. The lawsuit claims this […]
DIDAS warns that age verification alone cannot solve harmful content, addictive design, profiling or commercial exploitation of children online. Where verification is necessary, it should reveal only what is required, such as a simple “over/under age threshold”, without exposing identity, birth date or biometrics. DIDAS proposes six principles: privacy by design/default, unlinkability, data minimisation, open-source […]
Cyberattackers have stolen personal data belonging to 8.7 million customers of three major UK airports. The breach affects Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports, exposing emails, phone numbers, vehicle registrations and postcodes. The compromised information came from services including parking, lounges, Fast Track bookings and airport Wi-Fi. Manchester Airport Group temporarily disabled its “Manage My […]
Employees are increasingly using unauthorized AI tools, causing Shadow AI to become a serious security and privacy risk. Sensitive corporate and personal data can inadvertently end up in public AI models, beyond the oversight of IT and security. Simply banning AI rarely works: organizations must understand which AI tools employees are using and for what […]
Phocuswright sees that the EU Digital Identity Wallet is gaining ground, but adoption differs strongly between France, Germany, and the UK. Awareness is growing, France leads with 25%, while Germany shows the largest increase from 13% to 21%. Trust is decisive: 54% of Germans trust the Personalausweis, while trust in digital identity systems is clearly […]
State Secretary Aerdts believes the online world is currently insufficiently safe for children and is therefore calling for a European minimum age for social media. According to her, social media platforms must take more responsibility for protecting minors against harmful content and addictive algorithms. Simultaneously, the government is launching a campaign to encourage parents to […]
With eIDAS 2.0, customers can prove their identity using reliable digital credentials without repeatedly uploading identity documents.ID Control helps organizations transition to wallet-based verification: collecting fewer personal data points, faster onboarding, and enhanced privacy and security, including consultancy and training.
Gartner sees Verifiable Credentials (VCs) and decentralized identity as transformational technologies poised to reshape digital identity across industries. VCs enable standardized, secure and compliant data exchange between multiple parties at lower cost and higher speed. Instead of repeatedly proving identity, users can receive verified credentials once and reuse them cryptographically across services and transactions. Decentralized […]