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Spanish elections under the new data protection law: use of personal data by political parties?

This image was found here. Spain is holding a national general election on April 28 (its third in four years). Four weeks later Spaniards will again go to the polls to vote in the European Parliament elections. At Privacy International we are working to investigate and challenge the exploitation of

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30th April 2019

GDPR loopholes facilitate data exploitation by political parties

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Spain bans facial recognition for online exams

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has ruled that universities may no longer use facial recognition systems to monitor students during online exams. In its resolution, the Agency determined that automatic facial recognition for exam supervision is not legally justified under current EU data

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