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Data Protection Insider, Issue 76

– EDPB Accor SA Dispute Resolution Decision Published – On 17th August, the EDPB published a dispute resolution decision, concerning a dispute between the French and the Polish DPAs concerning the fine to be imposed on Accor SA. The fine was imposed in response to breaches of the provisions on the right of access to one’s data and the right […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 75

– CJEU Provides Guidance on the Processing of Sensitive Data– On 1st August, the CJEU delivered a judgment in the preliminary ruling case of OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija concerning the publication of data online, including sensitive data. As to the facts of the case, the applicant (OT) was required by Lithuanian law to submit a declaration of private […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 74

– EDPB EDPS Joint Opinion concerning Proposal on Preventing and Combatting Child Sexual Abuse– On 28th July, the EDPB and EDPS adopted their ‘Joint Opinion 04/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse’. The EDPB and EDPS begin by offering general comments. Whilst […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 73

– ECtHR Rules on Production and Publication of Police Information – On 28th June, the ECtHR ruled in the case of M.D. and Others v. Spain. In essence, the case concerned a manifesto, signed in 2014 by the applicants – amongst others – who were serving judges, ‘in which they set out their legal opinion in favour of the possibility […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 72

– PNR in Europe: Guidance and Caution by the CJEU – On 21st June, the CJEU rendered its judgment on the PNR scheme in the EU, based on a challenge brought by the Ligue des droits humains against the Belgian implementing PNR and API law. The present post focuses on the PNR provisions. First, the Court clarified the scope of […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 71

– ECtHR Rules on Disclosure of Correspondence in Algirdas Butkevičius v. Lithuania – On 14th June, the ECtHR ruled in the case of Algirdas Butkevičius v. Lithuania. The case concerned the recording of a telephone conversation between Mr. Butkevičius – at the material time Prime Minister of Lithuania – and the Mayor of a town concerning official matters. This recording […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 70

– EDPB Guidelines on Calculation of Administrative Fines – On 12th May 2022, the EDPB published their ‘Guidelines 04/2022 on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR’. With the Guidelines, the EDPB aims ‘to harmonise the methodology supervisory authorities use when calculating of the amount of the fine’. The EDPB has thus ‘devised [a] methodology, consisting of five steps, […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 69

– CJEU Rules in Meta Platforms Ireland – On 28th April, the CJEU ruled in the case of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, formerly Facebook Ireland Limited, v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.. The issue in question related, in essence, to the standing of a German consumer protection organisation to bring proceedings against Meta under the GDPR. In […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 68

– CJEU Adopt Judgment on the Balance between Access to Documents and Data Protection– On 6th April, the CJEU rendered a judgment in Saure v. the European Commission concerning access to documents held by the Commission on the COVID-19 vaccine contracts with the pharmaceutical industry. As to the facts of the case, the applicant is a German journalist who requested […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 67

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DPI Editorial Team

Dara Hallinan, Editor: Legal academic working at FIZ Karlsruhe. His specific focus is on the interaction between law, new technologies – particularly ICT and biotech – and society. He studied law in the UK and Germany, completed a Master’s in Human Rights and Democracy in Italy and Estonia and wrote his PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on the better regulation of genetic privacy in biobanks and genomic research through data protection law. He is also programme director for the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference.

Diana Dimitrova, Editor: Researcher at FIZ Karlsruhe. Focus on privacy and data protection, especially on rights of data subjects in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Completed her PhD at the VUB on the topic of ‘Data Subject Rights: The rights of access and rectification in the AFSJ’. Previously, legal researcher at KU Leuven and trainee at EDPS. Holds LL.M. in European Law from Leiden University.

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