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This second instalment of our Brexit & Data Digest outlines the main sources of data protection law in the UK following the end of the Brexit transition period, and how the EU GDPR may continue to have relevance for companies located in the UK.
With the UK now unambiguously outside of the EU, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) is no longer directly part of the UK’s body of legislation. This is the second instalment of our Data & Brexit Digest, highlighting some practical data protection implications of Brexit, the end of the transition period, and the adoption of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the
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Five Country Statement to EU to prevent child abuse online
Australia and its Five Country partners have issued a statement calling on the European Parliament to protect children around the world by addressing the unintended consequences of the new European Electronic Communications Code.
The new Code, which came into effect in the European Union (EU) on 21 December 2020, introduced a new broader definition of ‘electronic communications services’, compelling service providers operating in the EU to comply with the rules of the ‘ePrivacy Directive’. This will inadvertently make it easier for criminals to abuse children online.
Under the new Code, it is now illegal for electronic service providers, including social media companies, operating in the EU to continue to use the necessary tools to detect child sexual abuse material on online platforms and services.
Five Eyes nations warn new EU privacy laws make online child abuse easier It s essential that tech companies and lawmakers do not turn a blind eye to the problem and do everything to stop this appalling content
12 January 2021 • 6:00am
Home Secretary Priti Patel told The Telegraph: Child sexual exploitation and abuse are truly sickening crimes
Credit: Heathcliff O Malley for The Telegraph
The EU is making it easier for paedophiles to sexually abuse children on social media through new privacy laws that prevent police from detecting them, said a statement from the Five Eyes intelligence network of countries.
In a statement revealed exclusively on Tuesday by The Telegraph, the five countries said the new EU laws protecting the online privacy of paedophiles could make it impossible for the tech firms and police to investigate and prevent child exploitation and abuse on social media.
Since the pandemic started last year, European citizens have had to radically realign their lives to the new reality. For the most part, this has meant rapidly migrating our personal and professional lives online. With this comes a broad range of policy measures aimed at reinforcing Europe’s connectivity and heightening cybersecurity standards across 2021.
The pandemic also resulted in vastly accelerated profits for many of the tech giants, highlighting their dominance across online markets and provoking concern among competition regulators in Brussels.
This, alongside a renewed commitment to further harmonizing rules for online services, contributed to the conception and presentation of the EU’s landmark Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act ahead of the Christmas break.