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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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28. June 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 51
– ECtHR Rules on Unlawful Covert Video-Recording in Berlizev – On 8th July 2021, the ECtHR ruled in the case of Berlizev v. Ukraine. In terms of the facts, the case concerns the applicant’s conviction, before Ukrainian courts, of having accepted a bribe, the evidence for which was gathered by a covert police operation including video-recordings of the applicant. The […]
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28. June 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 50
– CJEU Rules on DPA Competence in Facebook Ireland – On 15th June 2021, the CJEU ruled in the case of Facebook Ireland Ltd, Facebook Inc., Facebook Belgium BVBA v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit. In terms of the facts: in 2015, the Belgian DPA brought a case before the Belgian Courts in order to gain an injunction concerning some of Facebook’s data processing […]
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17. June 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 49
– Commission Publishes New SCCs – On 4th June, the European Commission ‘adopted two sets of standard contractual clauses, one for use between controllers and processors and one for the transfer of personal data to third countries.’ In terms of law, the Commission asserts that the new SCCs take into account requirements under the GDPR as well as the CJEU’s […]
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3. June 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 48
– ECtHR Revisits Case Law on Bulk Surveillance: Centrum för Rättvisa v. Sweden – On 25th May, the ECtHR rendered two seminal judgements concerning bulk telecommunications surveillance. They are revisions by the Grand Chamber of two earlier Chamber judgments submitted by Centrum för Rättvisa against Sweden and by Big Brother Watch against the UK. The present story focuses on the […]
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20. May 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 47
– CJEU Offers Guidance on the Law Enforcement Directive – On 12th May, the CJEU rendered one of its first judgements which provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the Law Enforcement Directive (LED). As to the facts of the case, the applicant, a German national and resident, was subject to a red notice in the INTERPOL database, entered […]
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6. May 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 46
– EDPB Releases Guidelines on Dispute Resolution by the Board – The EDPB has published guidelines ‘on the application of Article 65(1)(a) GDPR’ – the Article dealing with ‘Dispute resolution by the Board’. The Board locate the elaboration of substance in the document within the frame provided by the CFREU – in particular the right to good administration under Article […]
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22. April 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

Data Protection Insider, Issue 45
– Liebscher v Austria: Publication of Divorce Settlement as a Breach of the Right to Privacy– On 6th April the ECtHR decided in the case of Liebscher v Austria that Austria had not fulfilled its positive obligations to protect the personal data of the applicant under Article 8 ECHR. As to the facts of the case, the applicant had divorced […]
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8. April 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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 […]
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25. March 2021  |   by DPI Editorial Team

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

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 […]
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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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