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Data Protection Insider, Issue 44

– M.C. v. the United Kingdom: ECtHR on the Disclosure of Criminal Convictions – On 30th March 2021, the ECtHR delivered their ruling in the case of M.C. v. the United Kingdom. The case concerned a woman who, in 2007, was ‘convicted of failing to stop after a road traffic accident’. In 2013, the woman applied for a job in […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 43

– EDPS Releases Opinion on the Draft Europol Regulation – On 8th March the EDPS issued an Opinion on the draft proposals for amending the Europol Regulation. We presented the main features of the proposals in DPI #38. The EDPS Opinion focuses on the following six main points: (1) Cooperation with private parties, both within and outside the EU. The […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 42

– Commission Adopts Draft UK Adequacy Decisions – On 19th February, the European Commission published two draft adequacy decisions on the free flow of personal data from the EU to the UK. The first decision concerns transfers under the GDPR. The second decision concerns transfers under the LED. With the publication of the decisions, the Commission confirms that it believes the […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 41

– EDPS Releases Opinion on the Draft Digital Services Act – On 10th February, the EDPS issued his Opinion on the Commission’s Proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA). In short, the Proposal seeks to regulate a broad range of aspects related to online service providers, e.g. platforms. In his Opinion, the EDPS notes that the DSA Proposal seeks to […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 40

– ECtHR Rules on Legal Privilege – On 21st January the ECtHR delivered its ruling in the case of Kadura and Smaliy v. Ukraine. The case concerned events around the Maidan protests in the Ukraine in 2013. In connection with the protests, both applicants were arrested by the police and were the subject of subsequent ill-treatment. One aspect of this ill […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 39

– Mediapart and Others: ECtHR on the Publication of Illegitimately Obtained Recordings – On 14th January, the ECtHR delivered its judgment in the case of Société Editrice de Mediapart and Others v. France. The facts of the case were as follows: during 2009, Ms Bettencourt – the main shareholder in the L’Oréal group – and her daughter had an argument concerning […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 38

– EDPB Adopts Documents During 42nd and 43rd Plenary Sessions – The EDPB held its 42nd and 43rd Plenary Sessions at the end of 2020. During these two sessions the EDPB adopted the following documents: ‘Statement on the future ePrivacy Regulation’; ‘EDPB Strategy 2021-2023’; ‘EDPB Document on Terms of Reference of the EDPB Support Pool of Experts’; ‘Statement on the end […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 37

– Commission Publishes Data Governance Act – On 25th November, the European Commission officially published the ‘Data Governance Act’ – although a draft version had previously been circulating. In essence, the Act seeks to facilitate the maximum use of European data such that the value inherent in the data, in its analysis, and in the application of this analysis can be […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 36

– CJEU Rules on Consent in Orange România – On 11th November, the CJEU ruled in the case of Orange România SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP). The case dealt with the issue of valid consent in telecommunications contracts. In this regard, Orange had required customers to sign contracts for services containing clauses […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 35

– Parfentyev v Russia: Prisons Monitoring Correspondence with the ECtHR breaches the ECHR – On 3rd November the ECtHR rendered a judgement in the Parfentyev v Russia case. According to the facts of the case, the applicant was serving a sentence for having sexually assaulted juvenile offenders when he was heading the local inspectorate for juvenile affaires. While under investigation, a […]
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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