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Data Protection and Privacy
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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