American Cinema Editors (ACE) has announced that the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in film and television, will be held Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The date reflects a shift in timing to almost three weeks earlier than usual as the truncated awards season landscape (ignited by the Oscars® moving up to Feb. 9, 2020) begins to take shape. The television categories eligibility dates have also changed–TV contenders must have aired between Jan. 1, 2019 and Nov. 1, 2019. Feature film eligibility remains the same with contenders having to be released between Jan. 1, 2019 and Dec. 31, 2019.
The black-tie awards ceremony will unveil winners for outstanding editing in 11 categories of film and television including:
- Best Edited Feature Film (Drama)
- Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy)
- Best Edited Animated Film
- Best Edited Documentary (Feature)
- Best Edited Documentary (Non-Theatrical)
- Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television
- Best Edited Drama Series for Commercial Television
- Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television
- Best Edited Comedy Series for Commercial Television
- Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television
- Best Edited Non-Scripted Series
Three special honors will be handed out that evening including two Career Achievement recipients presented to film editors of outstanding merit and the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honor presented to a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. Honorary award recipients will be announced later this year.
Submissions for the ACE Eddie Awards open Sept. 13 and close on Nov. 1. For more information or to submit for awards consideration beginning Sept. 13, click here.
Key dates for the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards
- September 13, 2019 Submissions for Nominations Begin
- November 1, 2019 Submissions for Nominations End
- November 18, 2019 Nomination Ballots Sent
- December 9, 2019 Nomination Ballots Due
- December 11, 2019 Nominations Announced
- December 16, 2019 Final Ballots Sent
- December 20, 2019 Deadline for Advertising
- January 5, 2020 Blue Ribbon Screenings (Television categories)
- January 6, 2020 Final Ballots Due
- January 15, 2020 Nominee Cocktail Party
- January 17, 2020 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards
Austrian activist wins privacy/targeted advertising case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientation
The European Union's top court said Friday that social media company Meta can't use public information about a user's sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalized advertising under the bloc's strict data privacy rules.
The decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg is a victory for Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, who has been a thorn in the side of Big Tech companies over their compliance with 27-nation bloc's data privacy rules.
The EU court issued its ruling after Austria's supreme court asked for guidance in Schrems' case on how to apply the privacy rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.
Schrems had complained that Facebook had processed personal data including information about his sexual orientation to target him with online advertising, even though he had never disclosed on his account that he was gay. The only time he had publicly revealed this fact was during a panel discussion.
"An online social network such as Facebook cannot use all of the personal data obtained for the purposes of targeted advertising, without restriction as to time and without distinction as to type of data," the court said in a press release summarizing its decision.
Even though Schrems revealed he was gay in the panel discussion, that "does not authorise the operator of an online social network platform to process other data relating to his sexual orientation, obtained, as the case may be, outside that platform, with a view to aggregating and analysing those data, in order to offer him personalised advertising."
Meta said it was awaiting publication of the court's full judgment and that it "takes privacy very seriously."
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