#53: ECJ does not get Nordics, TikTok "ban" and AI Act approved

It’s about time you fell in love with something that will love you back, and that, our friends, is the crossroad of privacy, government openness, and freedom of speech. It doesn’t judge you, and we won’t either.

The European Court of Justice, however, will totally judge you, even if it goes against deep roots or local law in your country. In this episode, Pilvi and Jyri will discuss the new (Finnish!) European Court of Justice case “Endemol Shine”. Here a Finnish district court had denied the release of court documents due to GDPR to a producer conducting background checks for reality TV, despite local statutes on openness of court documents. We continue on the same path with discussing NOYB filing a complaint on MrKoll in Sweden, which touches upon the Nordic unwillingness to judge and define what journalism and media is. We end up wondering if GDPR is obliterating Nordic cultures and what consequences this may have.

On other news, the USA will totally judge you as well if you are TikTok or happen to be from Singapore. We discuss the “The US TikTok Ban” as an interesting reaction to possible cross-border data transfers to a country that might use that personal data for intelligence activities… sounds vaguely familiar.

We also discuss the Verkkokauppa.com case where the Finnish DPA decided on a record fine of 856 000 euros for not having defined retention times for online customers’ customer account data as well as forcing all online customers to create an account.

This episode will also include the first ever musical number of PrivacyPod.

So push play, hop on to this love boat, and we´ll take good care of you.

(Ps. If you missed it, the EU Parliament accepted the AI Act.)

Links:

Endemol Shine
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62022CN0740

NOYB and MrKoll:
https://noyb.eu/en/swedish-data-brokers-claim-journalists-legal-protection-evade-eu-law

How to get a media license in Sweden:
https://mediemyndigheten.se/ansokan-och-registrering/medier-pa-natet/

H.R.7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22TikTok%22%7D&s=1&r=5

Case Verkkokauppa.com (In Finnish, translatable):
https://tietosuoja.fi/-/verkkokauppa.comille-seuraamusmaksu-asiakastietojen-sailytysajan-maarittelematta-jattamisesta-myos-vaatimus-asiakkaan-rekisteroitymisesta-oli-lainvastainen

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