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 White House announced on 21 July 2023 that seven companies involved in development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology had voluntarily committed to manage the risks posed by AI. These companies are: Amazon,...more
The European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation (on 4 July 2023) laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of GDPR (the Proposal), which aims to complement the GDPR by specifying the...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) (together the European Supervisory authorities or ESAs)...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its decision in the case of J.M. v Pankki S (Case C‑579/21) on 22 June 2023....more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published the final version of the Guidelines on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR (Guidelines) on 7 June 2023. The Guidelines aim to harmonize the approach to...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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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 Parliament’s committees for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and for Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) adopted a report setting out the Parliament’s vision for the proposed EU...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued on 4 May 2023 three decisions in cases concerning interpretation of key aspects of the GDPR. It also published three opinions of the Advocate General (AG). Below is a...more
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
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) held its 77th plenary meeting on 28 March 2023. The EDPB considered the following key topics...more
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
The Advocate General (AG) Pikamäe of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued his opinions in three cases concerning the credit rating agency SCHUFA Holding AG (SCHUFA) on 16 March 2023....more
3/23/2023
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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
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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The European Commission issued its non-binding guidance on 1 February 2023 to help providers of online platforms and search engines comply with the requirement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) to publish information on their...more
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
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
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
The plenary session of the European Parliament adopted the final versions of the Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS2 Directive) and of the Digital Operational Resilience Act...more
On 12 October 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the outcomes of its plenary meeting held on 10 October 2022....more
On 28 September 2022, the European Commission published two proposals aimed at modernising product liability rules in the digital age. The proposal is the first specifically designed to address compensation for damage caused...more