Life with GDPR - Meta Fined €405 million by Irish Data Protection Commission
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability offers significant growth opportunities for businesses. However, it necessitates a robust governance framework to ensure compliance with regulatory...more
The European Data Protection Board recently published its draft Guidelines 02/2025, which remain open to consultation until 09 June 2025. Stakeholders in the blockchain industry are encouraged to submit any observations...more
Large Language Models (“LLMs”) are a subset of artificial intelligence (“AI”) which use a type of machine learning called deep learning in order to understand how characters, words, and sentences function together. The advent...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently announced the launch of its 2025 Coordinated Enforcement Framework (CEF) action, which will focus on the right to erasure, also known as the “right to be forgotten,” or, in...more
On 19 March 2025, the European Data Protection Board published an updated procedure for co-operation between EU data protection supervisory authorities approving GDPR Binding Corporate Rules for intra-group transfers of EU...more
On March 18, 2025, the European Commission proposed to extend its adequacy decision in favor of the United Kingdom (‘UK’) for an additional six-month period. This would allow free flows of personal data from the EU to the UK...more
Right of erasure (or “right to be forgotten”) has been selected by the European Data Protection Board as its priority enforcement topic for 2025. This work is being done under the “Coordinated Enforcement Framework” or “CEF.”...more
A much-anticipated Opinion from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on AI models and data protection has not resulted in the clear or definitive guidance that businesses operating in the EU had hoped for. The Opinion...more
On December 17, 2024, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB" or Board) issued Opinion 28/2024, addressing data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of artificial intelligence ("AI")...more
Recently, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted an opinion addressing key data protection concerns arising from the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. The opinion specifically focuses on how GDPR...more
There is more to learn from the European Data Protection Board’s recent opinion on AI models. I previously reviewed the EDPB’s take on what the consequences could be for the unlawful processing of personal data in the...more
The European Data Protection Board’s recent opinion on AI models can be useful in several ways. Last week, I covered EDPB’s take on what the consequences could be for the unlawful processing of personal data in the...more
On 17 December 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its opinion on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models (Opinion). The Opinion comes as a...more
On December 18, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued an opinion on personal data use in artificial intelligence (AI) in response to the Irish Data Protection Commission's request for more clarity regarding...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released a comprehensive opinion addressing key data protection concerns related to the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) models. The opinion, requested...more
The European Data Protection Board recently issued an opinion on AI models, shedding light on what the consequences could be for the unlawful processing of personal data in the development phase of an AI model on the...more
In the ever-evolving landscape of data protection and privacy, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) stands as the most significant legislative framework for processing personal data. Known for its extraterritorial...more
The draft guidelines provide further clarification to the EDPB’s interpretation of legitimate interests, and suggest a potential divergence with the UK ICO....more
On 9 October 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its Opinion 22/2024, clarifying the responsibilities of controllers when relying on processors and sub-processors. This guidance emphasizes the importance...more
This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of...more
This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of data...more
On 8 October 2024, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued draft Guidelines 1/2024 concerning the processing of personal data based on legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (“Guidance”), which...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the umbrella group of the EU’s data protection authorities, has issued new Guidelines 01/2024 of October 9, 2024 on the processing of personal data based on the legitimate interest...more
Last month, the European Data Protection Board – which is composed of the national data protection authorities (‘Supervisory Authorities’) of the countries in the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), as well as the European Data...more