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CJEU rules that national derogations on employees data protection must respect the conditions and limits of Article 88 GDPR

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) considered appropriate conditions that apply in respect of specific national legislation which EU member states may adopt under Article 88 GDPR to regulate the processing of...more

EDPB updates the guidelines on data breach notification, addresses data processing in upcoming AML legislation

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) held its 77th plenary meeting on 28 March 2023. The EDPB considered the following key topics...more

New French law will require reporting of cybersecurity incidents within 72 hours to benefit from insurance coverage

On 25 January 2023, France’s Orientation and Programming Law of the Ministry of the Interior (LOPMI) was published in the Official Journal. LOPMI amends various legislative acts, including the French Insurance Code....more

CJEU rules that national courts must consider the interests of individuals when ordering data disclosure in civil litigation

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its decision in Norra Stockholm Bygg AB v Per Nycander AB, C-268/2021 (Norra) on 2 March 2023. The CJEU held that the GDPR applies, in civil court proceedings, to...more

EDPB publishes opinion on the draft adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

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

Italy - Garante restricts personal data processing by an AI chatbot that generates a 'virtual friend'

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

WEF publishes white paper on overcoming the barriers to international data flows

The World Economic Forum (WEF), an influential international non-governmental organisation for public-private cooperation, published its white paper on overcoming the barriers to international data flows on 16 January 2023....more

EU top court rules that controllers must disclose actual identity of data recipients in response to data subject access request

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Case C-154/21 Österreichische Post (the Österreichische Post case) on 12 January 2023. The case relates to the interpretation of Art. 15(1)(c) GDPR,...more

OECD countries adopt a declaration on government access to private sector data for national security and law enforcement purposes

The OECD countries adopted the first intergovernmental declaration setting out common approaches to providing privacy and data protection safeguards for governmental access to personal data held by private sector (on 14...more

EDPBs October plenary harmonisation of GDPR enforcement, a new Data Protection Seal and updated guidance

On 12 October 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the outcomes of its plenary meeting held on 10 October 2022....more

Netherlands - VoetbalTV decision offers no further clarity on validity of a purely commercial interest as a legitimate interest...

On 27 July 2022, the Council of State (RVS), the highest administrative court of the Netherlands, published its decision in the VoetbalTV case regarding the interpretation of the legitimate interest legal basis for...more

EU – EDPB publishes Guidelines on certification as transfer tool

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted, on 16 June 2022, the draft guidelines on certification as a tool for transfers of data to third countries without adequacy status (the Guidelines). The text of the...more

Canada – Digital Charter Implementation Act introduced to strengthen federal data protection laws and regulate AI

On 16 June 2022, the Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act 2022 to modernise the regulation on...more

Netherlands: One of the first major privacy class actions dismissed by Court of Amsterdam

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

Council of the EU agrees common approach to NIS2 Directive

On 3 December 2021, the Council of the European Union (Council) agreed its position on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU, as set out in the proposed revision to the Network and Information...more

Beyond Lloyd v Google: Are class actions for data breach dead?

The decision of the UK Supreme Court in Lloyd v Google is a welcome relief for data controllers. However, is it the end of class actions for data breach?...more

EDPB adopts draft guidelines on the GDPR provisions on international transfers and the territorial scope

On 19 November 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published the much-awaited draft guidance on the interplay between the provisions of the GDPR on territorial scope (in Article 3) and on international data...more

Cookies consent does not escape the GDPR: The CJEU issued its decision in the Planet49 case

On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long-awaited decision in the case Planet49 (Case C-673/17). The decision clarifies the requirements for valid cookie consent under Directive...more

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