other Now or Never: Strengthen GDPR Procedural Rules to Hold Big Tech Accountable Once and for All We, the undersigned civil society organisations - based also on direct experience as complainants in cross-border GDPR cases - write to express our concern regarding the development of the proposed GDPR Procedural Regulation, which we believe represents a missed opportunity to 19.02.2025
Article New chair of the Polish DPA appointed Jan Nowak, previously a general manager at the DPA’s office and a long-term member of PiS, the ruling party, will become the new chair of the Polish Data Protection Authority. The nomination raised controversy as to whether Jan Nowak meets the legal requirements for this position. 11.04.2019 Text
Article The right to explanation of creditworthiness assessment – first such law in Europe Thanks to Panoptykon’s initiative bank customers in Poland will have the right to receive explanation of their creditworthiness. It’s the first right of this kind in Europe and a higher standard than the one envisioned in the GDPR. 12.06.2019 Text
Article Panoptykon files complaints against Google and IAB Europe On the International Data Protection Day, 28 January 2019, Panoptykon Foundation filed complaints against Google and IAB Europe under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the Polish Data Protection Authority (DPA). The complaints are related to the functioning of online behavioural advertising (OBA) ecosystem. 28.01.2019 Text
Video Monologue of the Algorithm. How Facebook turns users data into its profit Video file 08.10.2017 Video
other Comments on selected key elements of the proposal for the Law Enforcement Data Protection Directive 26.11.2015