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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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27. October 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 81
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– CJEU Rules on Purpose Limitation and Storage Limitation –   On 20th October, the CJEU delivered its judgment in the case of Digi Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság. As to the facts of the case, Digi is a provider of internet and TV services. Following a technical problem, in April 2018 Digi created a separate […]
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13. October 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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13. October 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 79
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– ECtHR: Hungarian DPA with Insufficient Powers to Control Secret Surveillance –   On 29th September, the ECtHR examined again the Hungarian secret surveillance system in Hüttl v Hungary. As to the facts of the case, the applicant is a lawyer who suspected that his telephone had been tapped. He submitted several complaints to the Hungarian authorities, but they concluded that he had […]
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29. September 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 78
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– The CJEU Repeats that Indiscriminate and General Data Retention is Contrary to EU Law –   On 20th September, the CJEU rendered another judgment on the indiscriminate and general retention of traffic and location electronic telecommunications data, including IP addresses, under the e-Privacy Directive, this time in relation to the German legal framework. When examining the German system, the Court first […]
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15. September 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 77
– ECtHR Rules in Case on the Sale of Health Data– On 30th August, the ECtHR found a violation of Article 8 ECHR in the case of Y.G. v Russia concerning the selling of a database containing sensitive health data. As to the facts of the case, the applicant has HIV and hepatitis and this information is stored by the Moscow […]
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1. September 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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18. August 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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4. August 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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21. July 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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7. July 2022  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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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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