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Welcome to Data Protection Insider, your biweekly digest of the latest developments in EU data protection law. Each issue brings you insightful analysis of recent court rulings, legislative updates and regulatory changes that impact data protection across the European Union. Stay informed and deepen your understanding of the evolving data protection legal landscape with our biweekly updates.

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11. June 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 25
– ECtHR Decides on Disclosure of Sensitive Medical Data – On 26th May, the ECtHR issued its ruling in the P.T. v the Republic of Moldova case, concerning the disclosure of sensitive medical data. In terms of the facts of the case: the applicant is a HIV-positive citizen. He needed a certificate issued by the Military Centre that he was unable […]
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28. May 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 24
– ECtHR Rules on the Balance between Privacy and Freedom of Expression – On 14th May the ECtHR issued its ruling in Rodina v Latvia on an Article 8 ECHR complaint. The case concerned the media attention given to a familial conflict. The applicant’s mother and sister made claims that the applicant sold her mother’s apartment after the applicant’s mother was […]
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14. May 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 23
– ECtHR Rules on Journalist’s Right to Privacy – In Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan (no.3) the ECtHR dealt with the balance between privacy and freedom of expression. According to the facts of the case, the applicant is an investigative journalist in Azerbaijan who published articles critical of the government – including concerning government corruption. In 2012, she was secretly filmed in […]
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30. April 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 22
– EDPB Holds 21st-24th Plenary Sessions – Since the 7th April, the EDPB has held four Plenary Sessions. The focus of each of these sessions has been data protection in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak. Across these sessions, the EDPB has adopted the following six documents: A response to a letter from the United States Mission to the European Union concerning […]
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11. April 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 21
– Advocate General Opinion on Data Protection vs IPR – On 2nd April, Advocate General (AG) Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered his Opinion in an intellectual properties rights dispute (Constantin Film Verleih GmbH v Google Inc and Youtube LLC). The dispute concerns two Google and Youtube users who uploaded two films of Constantin Film Verleih GmbH on Google and Youtube. Constatin Film Verleih […]
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2. April 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 20
– ECtHR and Disclosure of Politicians’ CVs – On 26th March, the ECtHR issued a ruling concerning the balance between the right to privacy (Article 8 ECHR) and the right to freedom of expression (Article 10 ECHR). According to the facts of the case, a Ukrainian NGO – the Centre for Democracy and the Rule of Law – requested copies of […]
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19. March 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 19
– The CJEU and Consent Procedures: Opt-Out as Consent? – On 4th March 2020, Advocate General Szpunar delivered his Opinion in the case of Orange Romania. The referring court had asked whether individuals who intend to enter into a contract with a telecommunication services provider – Orange Romania in casu – can have given their freely given, informed and specific consent […]
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5. March 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 18
– EDPB Adopts Four Documents – On 18th and 19th January 2020 the EDPB had its 18th plenary session. As a result of the session, the EDPB adopted the following four documents: EDPB Contribution to the evaluation of the GDPR under Article 97 Guidelines on Articles 46 (2) (a) and 46 (3) (b) for transfers of personal data between EEA and […]
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20. February 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 17
– European Parliament Discuss Californian Adequacy – Earlier this month, the European Parliament discussed the third annual review of the Privacy Shield agreement. The discussion was lengthy and several interesting, and differing, viewpoints, were presented. In the course of the discussion, however, one particularly interesting question emerged: should the Privacy Shield agreement ever be struck down, could California receive adequacy […]
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16. February 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 16
– ECtHR Rules on Telecommunications Subscriber Registration – On 30th January, the ECtHR ruled on the Breyer case. The facts of the case were as follows: two German nationals bought pre-paid SIM cards. In the course of buying these SIM cards, they were required to provide certain personal information – including, for example, names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth etc.. […]
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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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