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25. February 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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11. February 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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28. January 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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14. January 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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10. December 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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26. November 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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12. November 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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29. October 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 34
– ECtHR Rules on Archival Research and Privacy – On 13th October the ECtHR handed down its decision in Gafiuc v. Romania. The case concerned a journalist who had been granted accreditation to conduct research in the Romanian Securitate archives – the archives of the Romanian Secret Police under the Communist Regime. Such access is granted only provided an individual is […]
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15. October 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 33
– CJEU on Bulk Transfers for National Security in Privacy International – On 6th October, the Grand Chamber of the CJEU delivered its verdict in the case of Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Others. The case concerned the legitimacy of UK law legitimating the bulk transfer of subscribers’ traffic and location data from telecommunications […]
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29. September 2020  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 32
– EDPB 38th Plenary Session – On 14th September, the EDPB held its 38th Plenary Session. There have been no official announcements concerning the proceedings or outcomes of the session on the EDPB’s website. The agenda for the session, however, indicates the following significant matters, amongst others, were discussed: ‘Information regarding the exchange of views with the LIBE Committee on the […]
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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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