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CJEU C-655/23 Quirin Privatbank 4 Sep 2025

members – 3 min read

GDPR offers no judicial remedy outside erasure requests to stop future unlawful processing, but Member States may. Non-material damage covers negative feelings – if proven. A controller’s fault doesn’t affect compensation, and a court order banning repeat GDPR violations can’t reduce or replace it.

Sep 7, 2025

EDPB Support Pool of Experts (SPE) projects

members – 5 min read

An overview of SPE projects. Latest: AI and Data Protection Training curriculum (Jun) | AI Privacy Risks and Mitigations LLMs (Apr) | AI: Complex Algorithms and effective Data Protection Supervision + OSS Case Digest: Right of access (Jan)

Jun 8, 2025

Luxembourg Court upholds major €746m fine to Amazon

members – 2 min read

Just added the ruling. Fine and daily penalty upheld for Articles 6, 12-17, and 21 violations related to interest-based ads, but since an appeal is inevitable, this isn’t final yet. In the meantime, Amazon doesn’t have to pay or take any action.

Mar 20, 2025

CJEU C-247/23 Deldits 13 Mar 2025

members – 2 min read

A Member State can't, under any circumstances, require a data subject to provide proof of gender reassignment surgery to exercise their right to rectification. However, they may need to provide relevant and sufficient evidence reasonably needed to show that the data is inaccurate.

Mar 13, 2025

EDPB CEF 2025: Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

members – 2 min read

Updated 5 Mar 2025: Press release announcing the formal launch. The right to erasure is one of the most frequently exercised GDPR rights and a major source of DPA complaints. This CEF action aims to assess how controllers have implemented it in practice.

Mar 5, 2025

Rights: Access (DSAR, Right of access)

members – 3 min read

[Latest: C-203/22 Dun & Bradstreet, updated elements table.] Got a DSAR? Start here for all things right of access: Article 15 elements table, DSAR flowchart and key CJEU rulings.

Feb 28, 2025

Dealing with access requests in practice

members – 3 min read

Recommendations on how to deal with the Right of access - DSARs - in practice (with grumpy DSARs checklist).

Feb 18, 2025

EDPB press release: Right of access CEF 2024 report

members – 1 min read

30 DPAs participated in EDPB's 2024 CEF action on the Right of access, involving 1185 controllers. 7 identified challenges like lack of documented procedures and requesting excessive ID docs. And more awareness is needed.

Jan 20, 2025

CJEU C-200/23 Agentsia po vpisvaniyata 4 Oct 2024

members – 6 min read

Tag, you're it! Got personal data --> you're a controller and can't shift accountability to the data subject. Temporary loss of control (e.g. public disclosure) can lead to damage, but harm must be proven. Handwritten signatures = personal data.

Dec 28, 2024

CJEU C-169/23 Masdi 28 Nov 2024

members – 4 min read

The Art. 14(5)(c) derogation applies to *all* data not collected from the data subject, including self-generated. DPAs can, as per Art. 14(5)(c), verify if national law has measures to protect data subjects' legitimate interests, but this doesn’t include assessing Art. 32 security measures.

Nov 28, 2024

Italy: bank fined €1m and rental company €250k for unclear DPAg and no legal basis

members – 4 min read

The 🇮🇹 Garante fined a bank €1 million for anti-fraud checks as a processor on behalf of a group company without a legal basis, breaching both Articles 28(3) and 5(1)(a). The rental company was separately fined €250,000, also for an insufficient privacy notice. Here are your key takeaways! 💡

Aug 21, 2024

CJEU C-154/21 RW v Österreichische Post (Information on recipients of personal data) 12 Jan 2023

members – 3 min read

You have the right to know the actual identities of the recipients your personal data has been shared with.

Aug 16, 2024