Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna
@gzf.bsky.social
Data Protection Geek. Co-author of the big GDPR OUP Commentary🇷🇴🇪🇺🇺🇸 US-based, former Brussels bubbler. Writes about data protection law and policy, AI governance through a Global lens (& sometimes democracy) Strictly personal views.
www.pdpecho.com.
www.pdpecho.com.
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@gzf.bsky.social from the @futureofprivacy.bsky.social
talks about Europe's role as worldwide leader when it comes to privacy and data protection...and how that role might change as a result of the EU Commission's Digital Omnibus proposal. @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast at tinyurl.com/5fshds3w
talks about Europe's role as worldwide leader when it comes to privacy and data protection...and how that role might change as a result of the EU Commission's Digital Omnibus proposal. @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast at tinyurl.com/5fshds3w
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@gzf.bsky.social from the @futureofprivacy.bsky.social
talks about Europe's role as worldwide leader when it comes to privacy and data protection...and how that role might change as a result of the EU Commission's Digital Omnibus proposal. @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast at tinyurl.com/5fshds3w
talks about Europe's role as worldwide leader when it comes to privacy and data protection...and how that role might change as a result of the EU Commission's Digital Omnibus proposal. @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast at tinyurl.com/5fshds3w
So I just started reading Russmedia, the newest GDPR CJEU judgment (published this week), which sent folks in intermediary liability and online safety spinning by acknowledging that online platforms are in fact controllers under the GDPR. Facts of the case: happened in 2018! Just like SRB.‼️
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
So I just started reading Russmedia, the newest GDPR CJEU judgment (published this week), which sent folks in intermediary liability and online safety spinning by acknowledging that online platforms are in fact controllers under the GDPR. Facts of the case: happened in 2018! Just like SRB.‼️
& here is the full episode of the Monopoly Report podcast, in conversation with @achapell.bsky.social, dispelling some of the GDPR Omnibus proposal! I had such a great time talking to Alan, I hope you all enjoy!
#GDPR #GDPROmnibus #Privacy #AdTech
www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-57-t...
#GDPR #GDPROmnibus #Privacy #AdTech
www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-57-t...
Episode 57: The EU Digital Omnibus with Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna
The Digital Omnibus proposal seeks to upend the EU data protection rules. In part 1 of our coverage, Alan Chapell chats with Dr Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna of the Futur…
www.monopolyreportpod.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
& here is the full episode of the Monopoly Report podcast, in conversation with @achapell.bsky.social, dispelling some of the GDPR Omnibus proposal! I had such a great time talking to Alan, I hope you all enjoy!
#GDPR #GDPROmnibus #Privacy #AdTech
www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-57-t...
#GDPR #GDPROmnibus #Privacy #AdTech
www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-57-t...
I’ll take it 😇 🤪
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I’ll take it 😇 🤪
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Here's a preview of my @monopolyreport.bsky.social interview with @gzf.bsky.social where my guest shares a thoughtful answer to the question: What's your privacy origin story. Full interview drops on Dec 3 at www.monopolyreportpod.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Here's a preview of my @monopolyreport.bsky.social interview with @gzf.bsky.social where my guest shares a thoughtful answer to the question: What's your privacy origin story. Full interview drops on Dec 3 at www.monopolyreportpod.com
🚨 Job alert! FPF is hiring for a Project Researcher in Privacy and AI Governance, ideally in our Singapore office (Tokyo is also an option), for a 6 months contract. Fluency in Japanese is a must for this role.
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Project Researcher, Privacy and AI Governance
FPF is seeking a part-time consultant to support a project on privacy and AI governance in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, with a specific focus on Japan. The main goal of the project is to gather, sy...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🚨 Job alert! FPF is hiring for a Project Researcher in Privacy and AI Governance, ideally in our Singapore office (Tokyo is also an option), for a 6 months contract. Fluency in Japanese is a must for this role.
fpf.org/project-rese...
fpf.org/project-rese...
All hail Laura Codruta Kovesi, the most bada** anti-corruption prosecutor 🙌 (and chief of the EPPO)
www.politico.eu/article/belg...
www.politico.eu/article/belg...
EU’s Mogherini and Sannino in custody in fraud probe
European prosecutor says it has “strong suspicions” competition rules were breached in awarding contract to run training academy for diplomats.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
All hail Laura Codruta Kovesi, the most bada** anti-corruption prosecutor 🙌 (and chief of the EPPO)
www.politico.eu/article/belg...
www.politico.eu/article/belg...
Hello all! Today we celebrate the National Day of Romania 🇷🇴 My invitation today is that when you're doing that next Eurotrip, don't stop most eastward in Prague or Vienna, be adventurous, go further East and be charmed by this beautiful country (travel tips below): 1/x
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hello all! Today we celebrate the National Day of Romania 🇷🇴 My invitation today is that when you're doing that next Eurotrip, don't stop most eastward in Prague or Vienna, be adventurous, go further East and be charmed by this beautiful country (travel tips below): 1/x
The facts of the case in SRB took place in 2018 👀 So about the same time the GDPR became applicable, with its broad personal data definition and swanky global influence, a small grenade was being built to be thrown at it with the first rewriting attempt 🫢
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The facts of the case in SRB took place in 2018 👀 So about the same time the GDPR became applicable, with its broad personal data definition and swanky global influence, a small grenade was being built to be thrown at it with the first rewriting attempt 🫢
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“What if we are experiencing and cognising the world with every single cell in our entire body, not just the maestro brain? All our humble bodily cells participate in the making of our experiences and cognitive processes, and not just the ‘noble’ neurons in the brain.”
aeon.co/essays/why-y...
aeon.co/essays/why-y...
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
aeon.co
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“What if we are experiencing and cognising the world with every single cell in our entire body, not just the maestro brain? All our humble bodily cells participate in the making of our experiences and cognitive processes, and not just the ‘noble’ neurons in the brain.”
aeon.co/essays/why-y...
aeon.co/essays/why-y...
My favorite Romanian bookstore, Carturesti, is also not shipping to the US any longer 😭 I’ve put 4 volumes in the cart, so eager to get them before Christmas, only to be disappointed at check out. 😮💨
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My favorite Romanian bookstore, Carturesti, is also not shipping to the US any longer 😭 I’ve put 4 volumes in the cart, so eager to get them before Christmas, only to be disappointed at check out. 😮💨
😱 I cannot order Rituals anymore in the US because of the tariffs, what a travesty 😱
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
😱 I cannot order Rituals anymore in the US because of the tariffs, what a travesty 😱
Soooooo restrictions for international data transfers are now percolating US privacy-ish bills beyond the national security DOJ rule stuff: COPPA 2.0 would include foreign access restrictions to the personal information of a child or teen (targeting designated countries) 1/
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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Soooooo restrictions for international data transfers are now percolating US privacy-ish bills beyond the national security DOJ rule stuff: COPPA 2.0 would include foreign access restrictions to the personal information of a child or teen (targeting designated countries) 1/
Same week we have seen a swarm of KOSAs in DC ⬇️
“Today, EU member states' representatives agreed on the Council position on a regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. [..] On the basis of today's agreement, the Council can start negotiations with the European Parliament.”
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Child sexual abuse: Council reaches position on law protecting children from online abuse - Consilium
The Council agreed its negotiating mandate on a draft law preventing and combating child sexual abuse online.
www.consilium.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Same week we have seen a swarm of KOSAs in DC ⬇️
Today was a good day at the office, by far one of my favorite FPF LinkedIn Lives I've had. My guest: Philippe Dufresne, Federal Privacy Commissioner of Canada 🇨🇦, whose office was recently appointed as the Chair of the Global Privacy Assembly!
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What we've learned 1/
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What we've learned 1/
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today was a good day at the office, by far one of my favorite FPF LinkedIn Lives I've had. My guest: Philippe Dufresne, Federal Privacy Commissioner of Canada 🇨🇦, whose office was recently appointed as the Chair of the Global Privacy Assembly!
🎥 www.linkedin.com/events/globa...
What we've learned 1/
🎥 www.linkedin.com/events/globa...
What we've learned 1/
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“You can’t separate human intellectual or reasoning powers from other aspects of human embodied life such as our vulnerability, our dependence on one another, and the fact that we are mortal”
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“You can’t separate human intellectual or reasoning powers from other aspects of human embodied life such as our vulnerability, our dependence on one another, and the fact that we are mortal”
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nymag.com/intelligence...
What has the world come to, AI is now also taking the jobs of criminals 🫢 No job is safe, folks 🤖
AI tools are already supercharging cyberattacks. Could chatbots enable a “golden age” for hackers? Matteo Wong reports:
Chatbots Are Becoming Really, Really Good Criminals
Cybersecurity was already a nightmare. Now comes AI.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
What has the world come to, AI is now also taking the jobs of criminals 🫢 No job is safe, folks 🤖
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
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November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Name a film you’ve seen 6 times… At least.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Name a film you’ve seen 6 times… At least.
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Translating the CJEU judgment in Amazon vs EC on art.40 DSA: (1) giving vetted researchers data isn’t a disproportionate privacy intrusion; (2) compliance may be costly but you can bear it; (3) if you have a better way to study systemic risks, we haven’t heard it. curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Translating the CJEU judgment in Amazon vs EC on art.40 DSA: (1) giving vetted researchers data isn’t a disproportionate privacy intrusion; (2) compliance may be costly but you can bear it; (3) if you have a better way to study systemic risks, we haven’t heard it. curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
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I'm very happy to have published a chapter in this excellent, open-access collection, "Being Human in the Digital World:"
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Kudos to expert editors Beate Roessler and Valerie Steeves, as well as fellow authors Julie Cohen, David Lyon, Helen Nissenbaum, & more!
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Kudos to expert editors Beate Roessler and Valerie Steeves, as well as fellow authors Julie Cohen, David Lyon, Helen Nissenbaum, & more!
www.cambridge.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I'm very happy to have published a chapter in this excellent, open-access collection, "Being Human in the Digital World:"
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Kudos to expert editors Beate Roessler and Valerie Steeves, as well as fellow authors Julie Cohen, David Lyon, Helen Nissenbaum, & more!
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Kudos to expert editors Beate Roessler and Valerie Steeves, as well as fellow authors Julie Cohen, David Lyon, Helen Nissenbaum, & more!
Check, check, check, check, and check 😱 Oh My God
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Check, check, check, check, and check 😱 Oh My God
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
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"India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology earlier this month released governance guidelines for artificial intelligence, marking the first major regulatory document that has emerged in the country — if one can call it that."
India’s New AI Governance Plan is Much Ado About Nothing | TechPolicy.Press
India has finally released a regulatory document on AI governance, if you can consider it that, Amber Sinha writes.
www.techpolicy.press
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology earlier this month released governance guidelines for artificial intelligence, marking the first major regulatory document that has emerged in the country — if one can call it that."