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Welcome to Data Protection Insider, your biweekly digest of the latest developments in EU data protection law. Each issue brings you insightful analysis of recent court rulings, legislative updates and regulatory changes that impact data protection across the European Union. Stay informed and deepen your understanding of the evolving data protection legal landscape with our biweekly updates.

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Data Protection Insider, Issue 160

Table of Contents: AG Spielman Clarifies Requirements on Consent for Direct Marketing Purposes EDPB Releases New Opinions   In the present edition, we inform our readers of one AG Opinions and two new documents published by the EDPB. In the AG Opinion, AG Spielmann analysed the requirements on consent for direct marketing purposes when a controller indirectly collects the data. […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 159

Table of Contents: CJEU Considers the Proportionality of Disclosures of Shareholder Information AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona on the Concept of “Public Authorities and Bodies” in Education AG Szpunar: New Solution for Data Retention? EDPS Releases New Opinions   In the present edition, we inform our readers of one CJEU judgment and two AG Opinions. The CJEU judgment concerns the proportionality of […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 157

Table of Contents:  CJEU: Narrow Definition of Journalistic Exceptions in the GDPR  EDPB Releases New Documents    In the present edition, we inform our readers of a CJEU judgment on the balance between data protection and freedom of expression. In addition, we list the newest activities and documents by the EDPB.  CJEU: Narrow Definition of Journalistic Exceptions in the GDPR [1] On 9th July, the CJEU ruled on the balance between the rights to […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 156

Table of Contents: CJEU rules on the possibility for a supervisory authority to reject a complaint also brought before a judicial body CJEU rules on personal data processing in judicial proceedings AG Norkus: Individuals contributing to evaluative judgments are not sources of data European Commission proposes upgrades to the Europol and Eurojust Regulations and the data protection rules in the […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 155

Table of Contents: CJEU: Police HR to apply GDPR when processing personnel data related to investigations AG Considers Access to Personal Data in EU Documents Related to COVID-19 Vaccines EDPB Publishes New Materials   In the present edition, we inform our readers of an important CJEU judgment, which helps practitioners delineate the scope of applicability of the GDPR and the […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 154

Table of Contents: Introduction ECtHR: Poland’s Entry Ban Procedures Lack Safeguards EDPB Publishes New Materials EDPS Publishes New Materials   Introduction Dear readers, this week, we bring you an ECtHR decision concerning Poland’s entry ban procedures for foreigners, as well as information on new materials released by the EDPB and EDPS. ECtHR: Poland’s Entry Ban Procedures Lack Safeguards [1] On […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 153

Table of Contents: Introduction CJEU Rules Hungarian Legal Amendments Violate Article 10 GDPR CJEU Refuses Data Subject Access Request Review based on Lack of New Substantial Facts ECtHR: Bulgaria’s Secret Surveillance Framework Lacks Safeguards EDPB Publishes New Materials   Introduction Dear readers, this week, we deal with CJEU decisions concerning Hungarian legal amendments and their adherence to Article 10 of […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 152

Table of Contents: AG Norkus Advises that DPAs are Controllers for Complaints and Subject to the Right of Access EDPB Publishes New Documents   AG Norkus Advises that DPAs are Controllers for Complaints and Subject to the Right of Access On 16th April, AG Norkus advised the CJEU to rule that when DPAs process complaints, they act as data controllers […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 151

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-CJEU Rules on the Systematic Collection of Biometric Data for Law Enforcement- On 19th March, the CJEU ruled in the case of HW. In terms of the facts, the case essentially concerned a participant in a demonstration, who was arrested by police. Following their arrest, the plaintiff refused to be fingerprinted and photographed. In consequence, he was charged with the offence of ‘having refused, although […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 150

-CJEU Decides Two Cases on Sky EEC, Europol and Eurojust- On February 26th, the CJEU decided the following two related cases: DG v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), and European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and BW v. European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), and European Union Agency for Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters […]
DPI Editorial Team


Dara Hallinan, Editor: Legal academic working at FIZ Karlsruhe. His specific focus is on the interaction between law, new technologies – particularly ICT and biotech – and society. He studied law in the UK and Germany, completed a Master’s in Human Rights and Democracy in Italy and Estonia and wrote his PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on the better regulation of genetic privacy in biobanks and genomic research through data protection law. He is also programme director for the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference.


Diana Dimitrova, Editor: Researcher at FIZ Karlsruhe. Focus on privacy and data protection, especially on rights of data subjects in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Completed her PhD at the VUB on the topic of ‘Data Subject Rights: The rights of access and rectification in the AFSJ’. Previously, legal researcher at KU Leuven and trainee at EDPS. Holds LL.M. in European Law from Leiden University.

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