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Daniel Whooley
My Blog – Just thoughts and Opinions
Missing the Forest for the Trees: X v Russmedia and Inform Media Press (Case C-492/23)
Law is complicated. Privacy is complicated. But I feel like in the case of X v Russmedia and Inform Media Press (Case C-492/23)1, we’ve worried so much about the details that we’ve forgotten about the principle underpinning GDPR, the right to privacy. The case’s ironic outcome is that the same organisations that have a history…
How to opt out of Meta (Facebook and Instagram) using Your Personal Data for AI Training
You’ve likely seen notifications or heard that Meta intends to use the public content shared by adults across the EU and UK – think posts, comments, photos – to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. Meta have also said that private messages, and people under 18 will not have their data processed for training purposes…
A New Government, a renewed concern: The Risk of Expanding Surveillance Technology
A recent post by Barry Scannall highlighted the unique powers Ireland has regarding the adoption of the AI Act—that Ireland does not need to implement the same safeguards as the other EU countries regarding the regulation of AI technologies. Now with the formation of a new Irish government, including Fine Gael, which has pushed for…
