EU watchdog says smart glasses must signal recording as Ukraine strikes disrupt Russian data centre services
Le Monde reported on 13 October 2026 that the EU's data protection watchdog holds that smart glasses must clearly show when they are recording, and that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres disrupted online services.
According to the French newspaper, the watchdog's position concerns the recording indicators on smart glasses, the camera-equipped eyewear that has drawn privacy scrutiny. In the material available, Le Monde did not name the authority involved, describe the legal instrument behind the position, or set out a timetable for any enforcement.
The second report, published eight minutes later, said Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres had disrupted online services. The report did not identify which data centres were affected, which services were interrupted, when the strikes took place, or how severe the disruption was.
Both items appeared on Le Monde's site on the afternoon of 13 October 2026, the smart glasses item at 16:32 GMT and the item on the strikes at 16:40 GMT. The full text of both articles could not be loaded when they were retrieved, so the details above are limited to what the headlines and publication data state.
No comment from the EU watchdog, from manufacturers of smart glasses, from Russian authorities or from Ukrainian officials was available in the accessible material, and neither report cited named sources in the portion that could be read.