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Data Protection and Privacy

Law firm as a data controller: careful with the disclosure of sensitive data

October 26, 2021, , , ,
On 22 September 2021, the Icelandic data protection authority (“Persónuvernd“) issued a ruling against a law firm, Magna Lögmanna ehf (“Magna“), in which it determined that the law firm’s disclosure...
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CNIL refuses to let Monsanto off the hook

September 10, 2021, , , , ,
On 26 July 2021, the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL“) issued a fine of EUR 400,000 against Monsanto, leading company in the field of agricultural biotechnologies. The decision elucidates the...
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Supervisory authority and court disagree on freedom of expression vs. data protection

May 20, 2021, ,
On 20 November 2020, the Austrian Federal Administrative Court issued a judgement. Contrary to the decision of the Data Protection Authority (“DPA“), the Court found a violation of the data...
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How far can a data controller go in relying on “legal obligation” (GDPR Art. 6.1(c))?

April 13, 2021 and , , , , , ,
The Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal, in the Netherlands, recently issued a decision concerning compliance with a legal obligation as legal basis for data processing (Article 6.1(c) of GDPR). The decision...
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Dutch court clarifies the limits to the right of access

April 7, 2021, , , ,
The Court of Amsterdam rendered on 11 March 2021 the decision in a proceeding initiated against Uber for an alleged failure to observe the data subjects’ right of access (Article...
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Mistakenly sending an email is data processing, but not data breach?

March 22, 2021, , ,
On 29 January 2021, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“GBA“) issued a decision interesting for its contrast between a simple set of facts, on the one hand, and inclusion of...
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Privacy overrides free expression in a Dutch blacklist case

February 17, 2021, , , ,
District Court of Central Netherlands in Utrecht rendered a decision on 8 January 2021 concerning the “naming and shaming” scheme published on a Dutch website. The court provided valuable insights...
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Booking an appointment digitally – issues under the GDPR

February 8, 2021, , , , , ,
The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) issued on 17 December 2020 a EUR 40,000 fine against an Italian software company (Miropass s.r.l.) for GDPR violations connected to the use of...
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Sweden: Video surveillance cannot disrupt a disrupting neighbor

February 1, 2021, , , ,
The case law across Europe on the use of video surveillance is possibly richer than case law on any other data protection issue – but there is always some new...
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Austria: Probabilities as personal data

January 26, 2021, , , , ,
The Federal Administrative Court of Austria confirmed by its decision of 26 November 2020 the stance of the Austrian Data Protection Authority (“Datenschutzbehörde“) that so-called “party affinity” data may not...
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