Tara Taubman-Bassirian

Webinar: Large Language Models (LLM) and the future of education and law

February 21, 2023

BCS Law specialists group webinat on Large Language Models and the future of education and law

Advocating Privacy and Data Protection for More Than a Decade And Still Fighting Resistance is Painful

May 15, 2022

As the GDPR has now celebrating it’s 6 years and 4 years of enforcement, Here an exhaustive practical case law analysis of the importance of taking appropriate security measures and how things can go wrong.

Latest Developments in The World of Data Protection and Internet Regulation

April 4, 2022

Reading and analysing in the world of Internet regulation, a fast pace marathon

GDPR Compliance and Data Transfers for the Legal Profession

February 15, 2022

First of all, what are the specificities of the legal professions in this regard and who are we targeting? All legal experts, lawyers, bailiffs or notaries. All professionals dealing with the law, in the service of justice, one of the major pillars of our democracy. They are legal technicians, they are well qualified to read…
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Non-Material Damage Compensation

February 11, 2022

Non compliance with the GDPR has three series of legal consequences : We’ve extensively heard of the administrative enforcement by national Data Protection Authorities. The third level is civil liability as set by the Article 82 GDPR.

CNIL Fined Slimpay For its Lack of Security

January 3, 2022

In the midst of the holiday season, the French Data Protection Authority CNIL issued an administrative sanction to a French company operating in several countries in Europe offering payment solutions.

The Irish DPC Slaps WhatsApp With a € 225 Million Fine

September 16, 2021

WhatsApp issued second-largest GDPR fine of €225 M : “The DPC gets about 10,000 complaints per year since 2018 – and this is the first major fine”.

GDPR Individuals Right to Redress

September 3, 2021

Article 82 GDPR has created a right for compensation and edict the liability as a result of an infringement of this Regulation. So far, national courts have been rather reluctant or inconsistant at allowing compensation.

Luxembourg Slaps Record €746 Million Fine on Amazon

July 31, 2021

On July 16, 2021, the Luxembourg personal data protection authority finally ruled on our collective complaint filed by 10,000 people against Amazon in May 2018. This decision comes after three years of silence that made us fear the worst ( re-read our fears which, in the case of Amazon, are therefore now obsolete).

Schrems-II and International data transfers

June 21, 2021

The Journey to a New Privacy Shield and Who is Leading the Way.

A panel discussion moderated by Jacob Høedt Larsen, Head of Communications at Wired Relations, Tara Taubman-Bassirian LLM , Scott Wilson Consultant and Bill Mew, Founder and CEO at Crisis Team will be speaking at a Privsec Webinar Tuesday 22nd of June at 12 BST.

Beyond Brexit: Cyber Security and Data Protection

April 17, 2021

The modern Cassandra Complex – By Daniel Aldridge Senior Policy & Programmes Manager at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT I’m never one to shy away from a niche topic, especially one at the vanguard of politics and technology, so I was happy to speak at the Holyrood Connect event last week on cyber security and data…
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Death of 3rd Party Cookies : Is Privacy Protection Possible For The Future AdTech In The EU ?

December 15, 2020

Let’s talk about the future of the pervasive and privacy intrusive tracking from the AdTech industry. Will a new system really better protect the right to privacy in the EU? First, one should not forget that privacy in the EU is a fundamental human right protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union [1] The AdTech…
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Cookies are not yummies

December 10, 2020

This article was previously published. It’s being re-published here since the latest enforcements by national Data Protection authorities : After the French CNIL has fined the Supermarket Carrefour and Carrefour Bank for a total of 3 Million Euros, two new enforcements : Google for 100 million euros and Amazon for 35 million Euros for non-compliant use of #cookies (in…
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Online Platforms and Popular Technologies 2020

November 29, 2020

Legal and Regulatory Responses to Technology Challenges In Octobre 2020, I participated to this online event organised by the Practicing Law Institute PLI. I participated, along with EU and US experts, on the first panel on E.U. Developments in Platform Regulation. The material remains available on demand until Octobre 2021. I focused on Chapitre V,…
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Liberté d’Expression, Liberté d’Information et la Protection de la Vie Privée

November 16, 2020

Pourquoi les visages des policiers en action doivent etre floutés S’il est vrai que la liberté d’expression et la liberté d’information sont garantie par la Constitution francaise et la Convention Europeenne des Droits de l’homme, la Protection de la vie privee est tout autant digne d’interet. Quels sont les textes : Ainsi, toute personne, même…
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A week with a 11.11.2020 and a Friday 13th was Going to be Memorable.

November 13, 2020

Latest news, unless I have missed something : ✅ EU wants to ban encryption, ✅ EDPB published their after SchremsII Supplementary Transfer Measures and Surveillance ✅ EU Commission’s draft Implementing Decision on SCCs ✅Datatilsynet’s accreditation requirements for code of conduct monitoring body ✅EDPS’ opinion on the European Commission’s proposal for temporary derogations of the ePrivacy…
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French DPA CNIL Fined Carrefour for Cookies

November 13, 2020

The French DPA CNIL finally enforced the law, Carrefour supermarket and Carrefour Bank fined for 2 250 000 euros and 800 000 euros.

Law Firm Internet Security and Data Protection

November 6, 2020

Mossack Fonseca hack and the Panama Papers scandal should have been a wake up call for all law firms to take clients data security more seriously. Here is Why we Should All Care About Panamapapers even if we have no offshore investment.

End to End Encryption on Website

September 11, 2020

Part of the data protection duties for any controller owning a website is to ensure the security of the electronic transmissions and the personal data of their visitors and E2EE.

Schrems-II Invalidation of the Privacy Shield by the ECJ

July 20, 2020

A major decision issued by the ECJ on Thursday 16th of July invalidated toe Transatlantic data flow agreement between the EU and the US for the second time after the Safe Harbor invalidation by the ECJ. NEW IMPORTANT UPDATE 24th July 2020 – NOYB Next Steps for EU companies & FAQs FISA 702+EO 12333 have…
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Les dispositions de prolongation de l’etat d’urgence soumises à l’avis du Conseil Constitutionnel

May 13, 2020

Le lundi 11 mai, le Conseil constitutionnel a rendu son avis sur la loi votée par le Parlement samedi.

NHSX Contact Tracing App

May 6, 2020

Is NHSX UK centralised Tracing APP capable of best combat the COVID19 propagation? the Balance of proportionality looks rather weak.

Bigger Than Big Data, Processed Information is Gold

May 2, 2020

In this digital era, freely available data is overwhelming. Data storage has become excessively cheap or free. Access to valid information is capital. In the light of the recent terrorists attacks, our Western intelligence agencies have proved to have missed this ability of efficiently process the mass of collected data. They were not able to prevail…
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Drones, Autonomus Cars, Ethics and Regulation

May 2, 2020

We have recently looking at Artificial Intelligence, after Police wearable cameras, Police 3D Printing a digital finger, Police killing robots, here comes a look at drones and ‘driveless’or ‘autonomus’ cars. Google initiated the path, Telsa has been in the news for a recent accident. ‘Security robot accidentally attacks child’. Finally, but not the last incident to report, a ‘Robot vacuum cleaner ‘attacks’ South Korea housewife’s hair’. All incidents…
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Keeping an eye

May 2, 2020

Keeping an eye on sources and articles around the issue of data collection.

Author: Tara Taubman-Bassirian

Webinar: Large Language Models (LLM) and the future of education and law

The Irish DPC Slaps WhatsApp With a € 225 Million Fine

Bigger Than Big Data, Processed Information is Gold

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