On April 14 2025, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the outcomes of its plenary session that took place on April 8 2025, during which the EDPB adopted draft Guidelines on processing of personal data through...more
4/25/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Blockchain ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Draft Guidance ,
EU ,
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology
On February 27 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a judgment in CK v Dun & Bradstreet (Case C-203/22).
This judgment clarifies the GDPR provisions regarding the right of access to personal...more
3/13/2025
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Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Subject Access Requests ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Trade Secrets
On February 3 2025, the European Commission published an updated version of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act). Key...more
2/27/2025
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DATA Act ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Marketplace ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector
On January 21 2025, the Council of the European Union (Council) announced its decision to adopt the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
As we have previously...more
1/29/2025
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Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Member State ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda
On November 14, 2024, the European Commission published the first draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (the Draft Code).
The Draft Code is designed to help providers of general-purpose AI models (GPAI) and...more
12/2/2024
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Copyright ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Risk Management ,
Robots ,
Taxonomy ,
Technology Sector ,
Transparency
On October 9, 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) published a report on the first periodic review of the adequacy decision of July 10, 2023. This decision determined that the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the...more
11/20/2024
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Complaint Procedures ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Corporate Governance ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Privacy Laws
On 1 July 2024, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) announced its preliminary findings in an investigation of a leading social media platform, concluding that its ‘pay or consent’ advertising model implemented in the...more
7/23/2024
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Consent ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Pay or Play ,
Privacy Laws ,
Social Media ,
Technology Sector
On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted the adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). This decision enables the free flow of personal data from the EU and three EEA countries (Iceland,...more
The Pakistan Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MITT) released a new draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 (the PDPB) on 19 May 2023. The PDPB aims to regulate the collection, processing,...more
6/5/2023
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Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Pakistan ,
Personal Data
The first week of May 2023 saw further EU case law emerge on the right to compensation under the GDPR, and in this blog we analyse the implications of these latest rulings and consider what may be coming next....more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued its opinion on the draft adequacy decision of the European Commission (Draft Decision) regarding the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on 28 February 2023. The DPF is a...more
The Italian supervisory authority (Garante) issued an urgent order against Luka Inc. (Luka), a US-based developer and operator of the online app “Replika” (Replika), an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on 2 February 2023....more
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce published its AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) on 26 January 2023, a guidance document for organisations designing,...more
2/9/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Information Technology ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
NIST ,
OECD ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
The entire privacy community waited anxiously for the outcome of the EUR 11 billion class action claim, launched in the summer of 2020 by The Privacy Collective (TPC) against several Oracle and Salesforce entities at the...more