Individual actions for non-material damages following alleged infringements of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...
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On 27 April 2023, Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzella delivered his opinion in Case C-340/21 (not available in English) regarding a...
The core German legal basis for processing employee personal data was recently annulled by the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The...
Actions for non-material damages following (alleged) infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have been on the rise...
The right of individuals to access their personal data has been a fundamental facet of data protection law for a number of decades, with...
AI has become a ‘buzzword’ and the opportunities that it can offer mean businesses are looking closely at how to take advantage of it....
For those who have missed the (admittedly quite restrained) fanfare, 28 January marks Data Protection Day. The original purpose of Data...
Enforcement of data protection violations has become a powerful tool. Since the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) came into...
The General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679, GDPR) has just celebrated its first birthday on 25 May 2019. The Regulation lays...
Russian personal data protection legislation is formulated in a way that, in many instances, allows broad interpretation of rules and...
Not even six months have passed since the GDPR became applicable and the first Supreme Court decision is already here. Wait: In many...
Data breaches happen. Yet, not all kinds of data breaches entail obligations under the GDPR. Companies often struggle to identify what is...