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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 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 […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 149

-CJEU Rules on the Possibility to Challenge EDPB Decisions- On 10th February, the CJEU ruled in the case of WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v. European Data Protection Board. In terms of the facts, the case essentially concerns an investigation into Whatsapp by the Irish Data Protection Board (DPB) into its transparency obligations and into its provision of information to data subjects. […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 148

-ECtHR Rules on Value Judgments in Reporting- On 3rd February, the ECtHR ruled in the case of Ramishvili v. Georgia. In terms of the facts, the case concerned a lawyer, involved in a high-profile case. In the course of a public television interview, another individual, Father I, made comments about the applicant, discussing his role in the case, and in […]

Data Protection Insider, Issue 147

-EDPB Releases New Documents- Last week, the EDPB released the following documents: ‘Contribution of the EDPB to the European Commission’s evaluation of the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive (‘‘LED’’) under Article 62 LED’; ‘Recommendations 1/2026 on the Application for Approval and on the elements and principles to be found in Processor Binding Corporate Rules (Art. 47 GDPR)’; and ‘EDPB-EDPS JOINT […]
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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