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Mistakenly sending an email is data processing, but not data breach?

March 22, 2021Anja GligorevićBlog, Data Protection and Privacy, European Union, Security

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...

Privacy overrides free expression in a Dutch blacklist case

February 17, 2021Luka RadojevićBDKnowledge, Blog, Data Protection and Privacy, European Union, Proportionality

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...

Booking an appointment digitally – issues under the GDPR

February 8, 2021Stefan ĐurovićBDKnowledge, Blog, Controller and processor, Data Protection and Privacy, European Union, Health, Special categories of data

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...

Sweden: Video surveillance cannot disrupt a disrupting neighbor

February 1, 2021Bogdan IvaniševićBDKnowledge, Blog, Data Protection and Privacy, European Union, Video surveillance

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...

Austria: Probabilities as personal data

January 26, 2021Milica BastaBDKnowledge, Blog, Data Protection and Privacy, Direct marketing, European Union, Special categories of data

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...

Germany: Detailed guidance concerning data processing by CCTV

December 22, 2020Zorana BrujićBDKnowledge, Blog, Data Protection and Privacy, European Union, Video surveillance

A court in Germany rendered a decision on 24 September 2020, re-affirming the position of supervisory authorities and courts in Europe that processing of data by CCTV in a public...

Belgium: Employee’s consent can be a valid ground for processing

December 16, 2020Marija GligorevićBlog, Data Protection and Privacy, Employment, European Union, Legal basis for processing, Principles relating to processing

On 9 November 2020 Belgian Data Protection Authority (“APD“) rendered a decision confirming that the employee’s consent can be a valid ground for processing under certain conditions. The decision by...

ICO reins in data broker’s collection and use of data

November 18, 2020Nikola CincovićBDKnowledge, Blog, Data Protection and Privacy, Data subject's rights, Direct marketing, European Union, Proportionality

On 27 October 2020, following a two-year investigation, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), published its enforcement notice against credit reference agency Experian Limited (Experian). During the investigation process, Experian...

Effort to place responsibility on the data processor does not impress Garante

November 9, 2020Jelena BrajkovićBDKnowledge, Blog, Controller and processor, Data Protection and Privacy, Data subject's rights, Employment, European Union, Health, Security

On 17 September 2020, Italian data protection authority (Garante) rendered two related decisions, one against a hospital in Naples, and the other against an IT company, concerning a data breach which...

Germany: Data leakage does not automatically justify compensation claim

November 2, 2020Marija GligorevićBDKnowledge, Blog, Controller and processor, Data Protection and Privacy, European Union, Remedies and liability, Security

On 18 September 2020 Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main rendered an interesting judgement which holds, in the main, that data leakage does not on its own evidence controller’s breach...

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Mistakenly sending an email is data processing, but not data breach?

Privacy overrides free expression in a Dutch blacklist case

Booking an appointment digitally – issues under the GDPR

Sweden: Video surveillance cannot disrupt a disrupting neighbor

Austria: Probabilities as personal data

Germany: Detailed guidance concerning data processing by CCTV

Belgium: Employee’s consent can be a valid ground for processing

ICO reins in data broker’s collection and use of data

Effort to place responsibility on the data processor does not impress Garante

Germany: Data leakage does not automatically justify compensation claim

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