From tracking pixels to AI transcription: Where privacy lines are tightening
By Sypher | Published in News - April 27, 2026
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Tracking pixels in emails: consent is required
📩 France’s CNIL now treats email tracking pixels as consent-based under ePrivacy rules. This means that organisations must obtain prior consent, even in B2B contexts, unless narrow transactional exceptions apply… read more
Cyber developments in the EU and UK
hoganlovells.com • 30+ min watch
🛡️ Evolving frameworks such as the NIS2, CRA or DORA create a fragmented compliance landscape that moves beyond traditional data protection into a complex framework that governs enterprise security, sector-specific obligations and supply chain risk. This makes one-size-fits-all security programmes increasingly unworkable… watch here
UK ICO consults on draft automated decision-making guidance in recruitment
insideprivacy.com • 7 min read
🤖 The UK’s ICO takes a stricter position on automated decision-making in recruitment, emphasising the need for meaningful human oversight, transparency and comprehensive safeguards. Especially important as many support tools may be making legally significant decisions… read more
Spain’s DPA sets new boundaries for AI voice transcription: implications for Europe
theaicronicle.com • 5 min read
🗣️ Spain’s Data Protection Authority has taken a firm stance on AI voice tools, warning that transcription can trigger biometric data rules and mandating DPIAs and strict safeguards, including liability for “shadow AI” use… read more
New EDPB guidelines on the use of personal data in scientific research
covingtonblogs.com • 6 min read
🔬 The European Data Protection Board’s Draft Guidelines 1/2026 clarify that the GDPR supports ‘genuinely scientific’ research, but only where the use and reuse of personal data is supported by strict safeguards, clear purposes and robust legal bases… read more
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