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EDPB's controversial ‘Consent or Pay’ Opinion is here

members – 2 min read

[Updated 24 April with highlighted file + 🎙️] Is the EDPB trying to "rewrite the entire economic model of Big Tech and the adtech industry in the EU"? 🤔 Controversial Opinion just published!

Apr 24, 2024

EDPB Annual report 2023

members – 1 min read

Today, the EDPB shared their 2023 annual report. Read the press release directly here and grab both the report and its Executive Summary.

Apr 23, 2024

Denmark DPA changes data processing agreement SCCs

members – 1 min read

🇩🇰 DPA changes sub-processor third-party beneficiary clause in their SCCs for data processing agreements as per Article 28(8). Agreements signed before this are still valid.

Apr 22, 2024

New CJEU ruling + AG opinion DPAs might dread (C-768/21 Land Hessen)

members – 1 min read

Breaching GDPR rights doesn't automatically result in non-material damage, and controllers can't (ever?) escape liability simply because someone under their authority didn't follow instructions, and an AG Opinion may disrupt DPAs workload. 😬

Apr 11, 2024

CJEU C-101/01 Bodil Lindqvist 6 Nov 2003

members – 4 min read

A key (Directive 95/46/EC) ruling broadly interpreting key definitions (personal and health data, processing) and narrowly applied exceptions, but found that simply putting a website online doesn't necessarily result in transfers.

Apr 9, 2024

CJEU C-46/23 Ujpesti Polgarmesteri Hivatal 14 Mar 2023

members – 1 min read

DPAs can order controllers to delete unlawfully processed data without a prior request from a data subject, and regardless of where the data came from (the data subject or elsewhere).

Mar 26, 2024

CJEU C-740/22 Endemol Shine Finland 7 Mar 2024

members – 3 min read

Orally disclosing personal data = 'processing' and potentially subject to the GDPR, and sharing criminal data orally (or in writing) isn't allowed to fulfill a public access request.

Mar 26, 2024

Denmark DPA says cookie walls are legal - and not

members – 2 min read

Update 26 Mar 2024: the DPA rejects reopening the cases, upholding that analytics/statistics aren't a necessary part of the alternative to paid access.

Mar 26, 2024

France DPA fines Amazon €32m for invasive employee monitoring

members – 3 min read

[22 March update: Amazon has appealed] The 🇫🇷 CNIL fined Amazon for excessively intrusive monitoring, using several illegal indicators and unsecure video surveillance software, without sufficiently informing employees and visitors.

Mar 22, 2024

🔥 Swedish Tax Agency greenlights (?) US cloud services

members – 2 min read

Following the EU-US DPF, the 🇸🇪 Tax Agency approves using Microsoft Office 365 and Teams. Despite emphasising that everyone must do their own assessments, I'd say this could strengthen your own cloud services assessments.

Mar 22, 2024

CJEU C-479/22 P OC v Commission 7 Mar 2024

members – 3 min read

The CJEU returned a case to the General Court as they disagreed on the latter's interpretation of the concept of personal data, which is to be interpreted broadly, such as a press release with several data points that could identify someone.

Mar 21, 2024

France: unemployment breach impacts 43m dating back 20 years

members – 1 min read

🇫🇷 Massive breach and what we can learn immediately from it: data minimisation, deletion, breach response plans - and communication that people actually understand!

Mar 20, 2024