On 6 April 2022, following the announcement of the political agreement on a new EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework having been reached between the European Commission and the United States on 25 March 2022, the...more
The future of finance is digital. The increased reliance on technology in finance heightens the vulnerability of ICT systems and worsens the impact of a potential cyberattack. To this end, the European Commission (the...more
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
10/3/2019
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The Luxembourg data protection authority (CNPD) has published a list of processing activities triggering a mandatory data protection impact assessment (DPIA) following review by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)....more
By a decision held on 25 January 2017 (C-375/15), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified the question of information (in electronic format) that payment service providers (such as banks) convey to their...more
On 18 December 2015, the agreed text of the Network and Information Security Directive (the NIS Directive) was released. With cybersecurity firmly established as a key business risk, the introduction of specific laws in this...more
Huge uncertainty has been caused by the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 6 October that the Safe Harbor decision by the European Commission is invalid. Many companies which previously...more
After the controversial Google vs. Spain decision (which besides the right to be forgotten also dealt with applicable law rules), the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down another important – and yet again rather...more
10/14/2015
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To become law, the proposed text will need to be adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers (i.e. ‘ordinary legislative procedure’). In March 2014, the European Parliament voted in plenary and...more
On 18 March 2015, the Luxembourg Parliament approved the legislation ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement, the international treaty which establishes the Unified Patent Court. This ratification constitutes another...more