Big tech firms continue to push back against fines levied for alleged violations of European data protection law, in what could be a harbinger for AI regulations to come.
While lawyers and experts quizzed by CSO broadly argue that big tech firms contesting data protection rules isn’t a particular cause for concern, the more widespread introduction of AI technologies is a far greater data protection challenge on the horizon.
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force eight years ago this week. Over those eight years, European regulators announced an estimated €7.1 billion in GDPR fines but nearly 40%, around €2.8 billion, has either already been annulled or is under ac...