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.
I've been thinking a lot lately about being human, about what is unique in the way we absorb the world and we are in the world, which is beyond computability. 1/2
Detroit Institute of Arts, Contemporary Anishinaabe Art exhibition (Norval Morriseau, “Bear, Fish, Bird - Interdependence”)
Detroit Institute of Arts, Contemporary Anishinaabe Art exhibition (Norval Morriseau, “Bear, Fish, Bird - Interdependence”)
February 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I've been thinking a lot lately about being human, about what is unique in the way we absorb the world and we are in the world, which is beyond computability. 1/2
Detroit Institute of Arts, Contemporary Anishinaabe Art exhibition (Norval Morriseau, “Bear, Fish, Bird - Interdependence”)
Detroit Institute of Arts, Contemporary Anishinaabe Art exhibition (Norval Morriseau, “Bear, Fish, Bird - Interdependence”)
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This feels less like a privacy perfect storm and more like an infrastructure reckoning. Once AI workloads and cross-border data flows collide with GDPR reform, control of compute and models becomes the real pressure point. Data localization isn’t just regulatory anymore—it’s strategic.
February 8, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This feels less like a privacy perfect storm and more like an infrastructure reckoning. Once AI workloads and cross-border data flows collide with GDPR reform, control of compute and models becomes the real pressure point. Data localization isn’t just regulatory anymore—it’s strategic.
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Last week @ellamarkianos.bsky.social pitched me on the idea of trying to replace herself with a bot. Ella is irreplaceable, but her piece on building "Claudella" is sharp, funny and moving www.platformer.news/journalism-j...
February 6, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Last week @ellamarkianos.bsky.social pitched me on the idea of trying to replace herself with a bot. Ella is irreplaceable, but her piece on building "Claudella" is sharp, funny and moving www.platformer.news/journalism-j...
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The U.S. privacy landscape has transitioned from a period of legislative expansion to one of regulatory maturation. Our latest retrospective highlights four key trends in privacy law enforcement in 2025. Read more. fpf.org/blog/fpf-ret...
FPF Retrospective: U.S. Privacy Enforcement in 2025
The U.S. privacy law landscape continues to mature as new laws go into effect, cure periods expire, and regulators interpret the law through enforcement actions and guidance. State attorneys general a...
fpf.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The U.S. privacy landscape has transitioned from a period of legislative expansion to one of regulatory maturation. Our latest retrospective highlights four key trends in privacy law enforcement in 2025. Read more. fpf.org/blog/fpf-ret...
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... increased data sharing within complex AI agent models / tools and - for a lack of better word - "social medialisation" of chatbots with detailed profiles of users, using this for ads and the related pressure to keep users online for longer.
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
... increased data sharing within complex AI agent models / tools and - for a lack of better word - "social medialisation" of chatbots with detailed profiles of users, using this for ads and the related pressure to keep users online for longer.
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Only managed to read this now. Great piece. I particularly like the description of how rapidly the EU policy on re-opening GDPR changed. On LLMs, I always thought that models contain personal data. I think the big issues going forward will indeed be personalisation (increasing context windows), ...
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Only managed to read this now. Great piece. I particularly like the description of how rapidly the EU policy on re-opening GDPR changed. On LLMs, I always thought that models contain personal data. I think the big issues going forward will indeed be personalisation (increasing context windows), ...
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Fascinating blog article that highlights how quickly EU data protection policy changed in 2025, how the rapid AI developments create data protection challenges, and how geopolitics plays into all of it.
“AI models” as the new “data”? Maybe 👀 Here’s an overview of why I think Data Protection is at an inflection point.
Bonus: everything in the text comes from a complicated human mind, from iteration to writing. 🫣 Very rare thing these days.
#Privacy #GlobalPrivacy #AIModels
fpf.org/blog/2026-a-...
Bonus: everything in the text comes from a complicated human mind, from iteration to writing. 🫣 Very rare thing these days.
#Privacy #GlobalPrivacy #AIModels
fpf.org/blog/2026-a-...
2026: A Year at the Crossroads for Global Data Protection and Privacy
Three forces are reshaping global data protection in 2026: GDPR’s reopening, rapid AI development, and expanding digital regulation amid geopolitics.
fpf.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Fascinating blog article that highlights how quickly EU data protection policy changed in 2025, how the rapid AI developments create data protection challenges, and how geopolitics plays into all of it.
“AI models” as the new “data”? Maybe 👀 Here’s an overview of why I think Data Protection is at an inflection point.
Bonus: everything in the text comes from a complicated human mind, from iteration to writing. 🫣 Very rare thing these days.
#Privacy #GlobalPrivacy #AIModels
fpf.org/blog/2026-a-...
Bonus: everything in the text comes from a complicated human mind, from iteration to writing. 🫣 Very rare thing these days.
#Privacy #GlobalPrivacy #AIModels
fpf.org/blog/2026-a-...
2026: A Year at the Crossroads for Global Data Protection and Privacy
Three forces are reshaping global data protection in 2026: GDPR’s reopening, rapid AI development, and expanding digital regulation amid geopolitics.
fpf.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:53 PM
“AI models” as the new “data”? Maybe 👀 Here’s an overview of why I think Data Protection is at an inflection point.
Bonus: everything in the text comes from a complicated human mind, from iteration to writing. 🫣 Very rare thing these days.
#Privacy #GlobalPrivacy #AIModels
fpf.org/blog/2026-a-...
Bonus: everything in the text comes from a complicated human mind, from iteration to writing. 🫣 Very rare thing these days.
#Privacy #GlobalPrivacy #AIModels
fpf.org/blog/2026-a-...
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Happy #DataPrivacyDay! This year, we’re celebrating this important day in data protection history by highlighting some key privacy tips for how to keep your personal data safe when interacting with generative AI. We partnered with Snap Inc. to create a privacy-themed Lens. fpf.org/blog/6-priva...
6 Privacy Tips for the Generative AI Era
Data Privacy Day, or Data Protection Day in Europe, is recognized annually on January 28 to mark the anniversary of Convention 108, the first binding international treaty to protect personal data. The...
fpf.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Happy #DataPrivacyDay! This year, we’re celebrating this important day in data protection history by highlighting some key privacy tips for how to keep your personal data safe when interacting with generative AI. We partnered with Snap Inc. to create a privacy-themed Lens. fpf.org/blog/6-priva...
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We have been using a platform that is banned in Russia to say that free speech is banned in the EU on the platform we banned.
Moscow's propaganda machine has been hard at work depicting Europe as a "digital gulag," hellbent on suppressing free speech online.
"Russian propaganda portrays any effort to combat disinformation as a threat to freedom of speech", says Jakub Kalensky, an expert on disinformation.
"Russian propaganda portrays any effort to combat disinformation as a threat to freedom of speech", says Jakub Kalensky, an expert on disinformation.
Fact-check: Russia's 'most successful disinformation campaign' targets free speech in Europe
Moscow's propaganda machine has been hard at work depicting Europe as a "digital gulag," hellbent on suppressing free speech online.
The latest campaign has targeted efforts by the U.K. and the EU to...
kyivindependent.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 PM
We have been using a platform that is banned in Russia to say that free speech is banned in the EU on the platform we banned.
January 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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Would you like to join The Economist’s business desk, covering the most important American companies? We’re looking for a US business writer. Find out more and apply here
Wanted: a new business writer
An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist
econ.st
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Would you like to join The Economist’s business desk, covering the most important American companies? We’re looking for a US business writer. Find out more and apply here
Look what the postman delivered last day of the year ♥️ 📚 One of my biggest wishes for 2026: the time and peace of mind to read for the pleasure of reading.
Happy New Year, friends! May it bring at least some of the things you are most wishing for 🎉
Happy New Year, friends! May it bring at least some of the things you are most wishing for 🎉
December 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Look what the postman delivered last day of the year ♥️ 📚 One of my biggest wishes for 2026: the time and peace of mind to read for the pleasure of reading.
Happy New Year, friends! May it bring at least some of the things you are most wishing for 🎉
Happy New Year, friends! May it bring at least some of the things you are most wishing for 🎉
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The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s website shows they’re already getting organized for Privacy Week 2026, and honestly, respect that hustle.
December 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s website shows they’re already getting organized for Privacy Week 2026, and honestly, respect that hustle.
💜 the gdpr
With genuine sympathy for folks in the USA, it is nice to live in a country where the answer is a polite "No, GDPR forbids that", with no need to get into a confrontation with any boss.
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
💜 the gdpr
The future doesn’t look that great 🚘 💡
December 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The future doesn’t look that great 🚘 💡
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
A 2-hour documentary investigation by Recorder, an independent, readers’ funded Romanian outlet, shines a light on the deep corruption of the Justice system, metastasized in the past 10 years. It gathered 4 million views in 3 days & ignited protests across the country 1/2
youtu.be/TpUDm4ay-B8?...
youtu.be/TpUDm4ay-B8?...
DOCUMENTAR RECORDER. Justiție capturată
YouTube video by Recorder
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A 2-hour documentary investigation by Recorder, an independent, readers’ funded Romanian outlet, shines a light on the deep corruption of the Justice system, metastasized in the past 10 years. It gathered 4 million views in 3 days & ignited protests across the country 1/2
youtu.be/TpUDm4ay-B8?...
youtu.be/TpUDm4ay-B8?...
Lol 😆
Amazing, the @dailymail.co.uk manages to publish an entire lengthy feature bewailing (!!!!) the exodus of Poles from Britain without once mentioning Brexit. Apparently this outcome (which is surely exactly what they campaigned for in 2016) is all the fault of Keir Starmer.
mol.im/a/15379789
mol.im/a/15379789
The great exodus: How Poles are ditching UK for their booming homeland
New statistics reveal that while 7,000 Poles arrived in the year ending last June, 25,000 returned home: a net outflow of 18,000. The UK's total Polish population has shrunk to 750,000.
mol.im
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Lol 😆
Case study for assessing “means reasonably likely to be used” to identify an individual 🤓 This is also for anyone who tells you your cat chip series is not your personal data too 🤠
www.youtube.com/shorts/UcIxF...
www.youtube.com/shorts/UcIxF...
We found this Russian spy -- using her cat #catlady #rusia #funny #truestory
YouTube video by The Christo Files
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Case study for assessing “means reasonably likely to be used” to identify an individual 🤓 This is also for anyone who tells you your cat chip series is not your personal data too 🤠
www.youtube.com/shorts/UcIxF...
www.youtube.com/shorts/UcIxF...
I spent the weekend re-reading the two #SRB judgments and organized my thoughts in a long summary (yes, paradox). Since it might be used to upend the whole data protection system, I think it is imperative to do a minutious study of the Court's findings in SRB 1/x
pdpecho.com/2025/12/08/a...
pdpecho.com/2025/12/08/a...
A deep dive into the consequential SRB judgment(s): Between personal, impersonal, anonymous and pseudonymized data
The CJEU gave two consequential judgments on the definition of “personal data” and its relationship with de-identification, one in first instance by the General Court (Case T-557/20, SRB I, 26 Apri…
pdpecho.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I spent the weekend re-reading the two #SRB judgments and organized my thoughts in a long summary (yes, paradox). Since it might be used to upend the whole data protection system, I think it is imperative to do a minutious study of the Court's findings in SRB 1/x
pdpecho.com/2025/12/08/a...
pdpecho.com/2025/12/08/a...
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As Sweden prepares to spend more on defence, it looks set to open the fiscal taps and issue a flood of new bonds. Stockholm is becoming a bond trader’s paradise as a result
Stockholm is Europe’s new capital of capital
And with Sweden embarking on a borrowing spree, it is a bond trader’s paradise
econ.st
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
As Sweden prepares to spend more on defence, it looks set to open the fiscal taps and issue a flood of new bonds. Stockholm is becoming a bond trader’s paradise as a result