Data Protection insider #56 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• AG Bobek Reads the Judicial Capacity Exception Broadly
• ECtHR Rules on Secret Surveillance in Gladkiy and Others v. Russia
• EP Resolution to Ban Mass (Biometric) Surveillance 
• Council Agrees Position on Data Governance Act
• EDPB Adopts Opinion on Adequacy in relation to the Republic of Korea
• CNIL Issues Injunctions against French Fingerprint Database

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Data Protection insider #55 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Considers Domestic Violence and Cyberviolence in Volodina (No. 2) 
• EDPS Issues Opinion on the AML/CFT Legislative Proposals Package
• EDPB Holds 55th Plenary Meeting
• EU Cybersecurity Law for Connected Devices
• Irish DPC and Garante Issue Statement on Facebook Glasses
• WhatsApp to Appeal Irish DPC’s Fine

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Data Protection insider #54 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• AG Opinion in SIA ‘SS’ v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests: GDPR Interpreted Broadly to Allow Access by Tax Authorities to Private Company Data
• P. v Portugal: The Right to Confidentiality of Dating Site Messages in Family Dispute Resolution Cases
• EDPB Publishes WhatsApp Binding Decision and the Decision of the Irish DPA
• EDPB Plenary Meeting on 14^th September
• ICO Fines Increase Significantly in 2020/2021
• CNIL Map of Data Protection Around the World

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Data Protection insider #53 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Adopts a Dispute Resolution Decision Concerning WhatsApp
• EDPB Publishes Overview of DPA Resources and Enforcement Actions
• EDPS Issues Opinion on Proposed Directive on Consumer Credits
• EDPS Publishes Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation on the Schengen Evaluations
• EDPB on Migrant Surveillance in Italy
• UK GDPR Certification Scheme Conditions Approved by ICO

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Data Protection insider #52 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Rules on Intelligence Agencies in Zoltán Varga
• ECtHR Rules on Interception of Telephone Calls in Ahmadov
• EDPB Adopted Documents in July 7^th and 12^th Plenaries

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Data Protection insider #51 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Rules on Unlawful Covert Video-Recording in Berlizev
• ECtHR Rules on Newspaper’s Publication of Private Information in Hájovský
• EDPB Holds its 51st Plenary Session

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Data Protection insider #50 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• CJEU Rules on DPA Competence in Facebook Ireland
• Data on Road Traffic Offences Enjoys the Protection of the GDPR
• ECtHR Decides on ‘Right to be Forgotten’ in Hurbain v. Belgium
• EU Confirms UK Adequacy
• EDPB and EDPS Publish Joint AI Act Opinion
• EDPB Holds its 50th Plenary Session

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Data Protection insider #49 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Commission Publishes New SCCs
• Commission Adopts Digital ID Proposal
• Commission Probing into Belgian DPA Independence
• EDPB Releases Their Annual Report 
• Amazon to be Hit with Largest GDPR Fine to Date? 
• CNIL Publishes Recommendations on Children’s Privacy Online 

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Data Protection insider #48 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Revisits Case Law on Bulk Surveillance: Centrum för Rättvisa v. Sweden
• ECtHR Revisits Case Law on Bulk Surveillance: Big Brother Watch and Others
• ECtHR Rules in L. v. Italy on Privacy and Gender Based Violence in Criminal Proceedings
• EDPB Holds Their 49th Plenary Session
• Clearview AI Challenged in Europe
• EDPS Launches Two Investigations concerning International Transfers

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Data Protection insider #47 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• CJEU Offers Guidance on the Law Enforcement Directive
• Council of Europe Declaration on Children’s Privacy Online
• EDPB on the Draft Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention
• Germany Pulls the Emergency Brake on Whatsapp
• Irish High Court Dismisses Facebook Judicial Review Re: Data Transfer
• Google Analytics to Work without Cookies

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Data Protection insider #46 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Releases Guidelines on Dispute Resolution by the Board
• EDPB Releases Guidelines on Targeting of Social Media Users
• EDPB Issues Statement on International Data Transfers
• EDPS Welcomes the Proposed AI Regulation with Reservation
• AEPD and EDPS Release Paper on Anonymisation
• Derogations from e-Privacy to Fight Child Sexual Abuse Material Almost Agreed

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Data Protection insider #45 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Liebscher v Austria: Publication of Divorce Settlement as a Breach of the Right to Privacy
• EDPB Holds 48th Plenary Session
• EDPB Opinions on UK Adequacy Decisions
• The Leaked Proposal on Regulating AI: The Main Novelties
• DPA of Hamburg Starts Urgency Procedure against Facebook
• Mass Action’ against Facebook

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Data Protection insider #44 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• M.C. v. the United Kingdom: ECtHR on the Disclosure of Criminal Convictions
• Matalas v Greece: Balancing Privacy and the Right to Freedom of Expression
• EDPB Holds 47^th Plenary Session
• EDPS Issues Formal Comments on the Proposed EU Health Package
• Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy
• EU and the Republic of Korea Conclude Adequacy Talks

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Data Protection insider #43 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPS Releases Opinion on the Draft Europol Regulation 
• EDPS Releases Opinion on the Cybersecurity Strategy and the NIS 2.0 Directive
• EDPB-EDPS Issue Joint Opinion on the Data Governance Act
• EDPB Adopts Documents During 42^nd and 43^rd Plenary Sessions
• EU Parliament Civil Liberties Committee on GDPR Implementation and Enforcement
• GDPR Fines Increasingly Appealed

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Data Protection insider #42 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• CJEU on Data Retention: Cementing Quadrature du Net
• CJEU Imposes Financial Penalty on Spain
• ECtHR Rules on Groups, Hate Speech and Privacy
• EDPS Issues an Opinion on the Conclusion of the EU and UK Trade Agreement 
• AEPD Issues Largest Spanish Fine
• France to Undo CJEU’s Data Retention Rulings?

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Data Protection insider #41 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPS Releases Opinion on the Draft Digital Services Act
• EDPS Releases Opinion on the Draft Digital Markets Act
• BEUC Submits a Complaint against TikTok
• Commission Adopts Draft UK Adequacy Decisions
• Council Agrees Position on ePrivacy
• German Constitutional Court, Minimum Damage, and Data Protection Claims

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Data Protection insider #4o is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Rules on Legal Privilege
• EDPB Releases Recommendations on the Adequacy Referential under the LED
• EDPB Adopts Documents During 45^th Plenary Session
• Council of Europe Releases Guidelines on Facial Recognition
• EDPS Releases ‘Orientations on Manual Contact Tracing’
• Austrian Administrative Court: Party Affinity is Sensitive Personal Data

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Data Protection insider #39 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Mediapart and Others: ECtHR on the Publication of Illegitimately Obtained Recordings
• L.B. v Hungary: ECtHR on the Publication of Tax Defaulters’ Personal Data Online
• AG Bobek’s Opinion on the One-Stop-Shop: More Flexibility for DPAs
• EDPB and EDPS Adopt Joint Opinions on Commission’s New Standard Contractual Clauses
• EDPB Releases Guidelines on Data Breach Notifications
• Irish DPC Highlights Resource Limitation

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Data Protection insider #38 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Adopts Documents During 42nd and 43rd Plenary Sessions
• Močuļskis v Latvia: Seizing a Lawyer’s Tablet in breach of Article 8 ECHR
• Brexit Deal and International Data Transfers
• Europol to Get a Stronger Mandate and New Data Protection Regime
• New E-Privacy Proposal
• Twitter Decision following Article 65 Procedure

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Data Protection insider #37 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Commission Publishes Data Governance Act
• Unuane v the United Kingdom: Assessment Criteria for Deportation Not Compliant with Article 8 ECHR
• The EU and the USA: A New Agenda for Global Change
• Committee for Convention 108 Guidelines on Children’s Data Protection
• EDPS Opinion on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
• The Connection between Apps, Advertising, and National Security

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Data Protection insider #36 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• CJEU Rules on Consent in Orange România
• Dupate v Latvia: ECtHR on Freedom of Expression and Privacy
• EDPB Holds 41^st and 42^nd Plenary Session
• Commission Releases Draft SCCs on Transfers to Third Countries
• EDPS Releases Opinion on Child Sex Abuse Online
• EDPS Publishes Opinion on the European Health Data Space

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Data Protection insider #35 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Parfentyev v Russia: Prisons Monitoring Correspondence with the ECtHR breaches the ECHR
• EDPS Strategy for Compliance of the EU Institutions with Schrems II
• New ICO Guidance on Criminal Offense Data
• The CNIL Releases Guidance on Handling Data of Deceased Persons
• New Draft of E-Privacy Proposal
• Data Governance Act and EU Data Spaces

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Data Protection insider #34 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Rules on Archival Research and Privacy
• Maris v Romania: Rectification Requests Not Always Recognised
• EDPB Holds 40^th Plenary Session
• Investigatory Division of Belgian DPA considers IAB TCF Problematic
• ICO Adopts Guidelines on the Right of Access
• CJEU and Representative Organisations’ Standing

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Data Protection insider #33 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• CJEU on Bulk Transfers for National Security in Privacy International
• CJEU on Communication Data Retention and Analysis in La Quadrature du Net
• EDPB Holds 39^th Plenary Session
• EDPS Admonishes Europol
• ICO Concludes Cambridge Analytic Investigation
• Hamburg DPA Fines H&M 35.3 Million Euros

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Data Protection insider #32 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB 38^th Plenary Session
• European Commission Publishes ‘Ethics of Connected and Automated Vehicles’
• CNIL Guidance on the Processing of Employee Data During COVID-19
• Swiss Data Protection Law Adjusted toward the GDPR
• noyb Complaints Receive Limited Response
• RTB Complaint to the Irish DPC

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Data Protection insider #31 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB 37^th Plenary Session
• EDPB Guidelines on Controllers and Processors
• AG Bobek Opinion on Civil Law Claims and the GDPR
• Irish DPC Orders Facebook to Stop Transfers of Data to the US
• Privacy International Complaint Dismissed by the ECtHR
• Swiss – US Privacy Shield Declared Inadequate by Swiss DPC

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Data Protection insider #30 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Handles First Dispute Resolution Case
•  ICO Releases Findings of Data Protection Survey
• Special Rapporteur to Consider Children’s Privacy
• The Austrian DPA, Legal Persons and Data Protection
• GDPR Fines Drop in Q2 2020
• Real-Time Bidding Challenged 

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Data Protection insider #29 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Issues Five Documents
• EDPB Issues FAQs Following Schrems II
• German Constitutional Court Declares Law Enforcement Access to Subscribers’ Data Unconstitutional
• Bundesgerichtshof on the Right to be Forgotten
• ICO Produces Framework for AI Audits
• Drivers Challenge Uber over Algorithmic Transparency

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Data Protection insider #28 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• CJEU Strikes down Privacy Shield in Schrems II
• CJEU on the Broad Concept of a “Controller”
• ECtHR Rules on Refugees’ Rights to Change Gender
• ECtHR Reaffirms Right to Gender Reassignment
• EDPB Releases Second Version of Guidelines on the RTBF in Search Engine Cases
• Council to Push for E-Privacy Reform

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Data Protection insider #25 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Decides on Disclosure of Sensitive Medical Data
• ECtHR Decides on Privacy and the Public Interest in Radio Broadcasts
• EDPB Holds 30th Plenary Session
• New DPIA Methodology
• CJEU to Decide on Standing of Representative Organisations
• Gaia-X and European “Digital Sovereignty”

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Data Protection insider #24 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Rules on the Balance between Privacy and Freedom of Expression
• Constitutional Protection of Telecommunications Privacy for Intelligence Abroad
• EDPB Holds 28th Plenary Session
• EDPB Publish 2019 Report
• ICO Issues Guidelines on Explainability in AI
• CNIL Issues Guidance on Anonymisation

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Data Protection insider #23 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Rules on Journalist’s Right to Privacy
• EDPB Holds 25th and 26th Plenary Sessions
• EDPB Updates Guidelines on Consent
• EP: Framework of Ethical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Related Technologies
• Developments in AdTech
• EU DPAs: Underresourced?

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Data Protection insider #22 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Holds 21st-24th Plenary Sessions
• EDPB Guidelines on Health Data, Scientific Research and COVID-19
• EDPB Adopts Guidance on Corona Apps
• European Commission Releases Toolbox on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
• CNIL Launches Public Consultation on Children’s Privacy
• UK Plans to Expand ‘Snooper’s Charter’

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Data Protection insider #21 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Advocate General Opinion on Data Protection vs IPR
• ECtHR Rules on DNA Collection
• EDPB Twentieth Plenary Session
• Conseil d’Etat: RTBF Applies to Europe Only
• Fines and Criminal Charges for Refusal to Allow Polish DPA Inspection
• GDPR Consultation on International Transfers and Cooperation Between Supervisory Authorities

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Data Protection insider #20 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR and Disclosure of Politicians’ CVs
• European Commission Sends Draft of Partnership Agreement to UK
• Brave Launches New Case Against Google
• Overview of DPA Responses to COVID-19
• The Thin Line between Monitoring COVID-19 and Disproportionate Surveillance
• EDPS Closes Investigation into European Parliament 2019 Elections

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Data Protection insider #19 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• The CJEU and Consent Procedures: Opt-Out as Consent?
• UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy’s Recommendations on Gender
• EDPB Statement on Data Protection and Covid
• Study Finds Only 10% of SMEs are GDPR-compliant
• New EP Study on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
• EDPB March Plenary Cancelled

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Data Protection insider #18 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• The 18th plenary session
• EDPB Position on the GDPR Two Year Review
• EDPS Offers Opinion on UK Partnership Negotiations
• The Croatian Presidency: A New Try at e-Privacy
• The Commission Issues European Strategies on AI and Data
• Irish DPA Attention Changes Facebook Election Practices

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Data Protection insider #17 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Cyberbullying as a Form of Domestic Violence
• ECtHR on the Retention of DNA Profiles, Fingerprints and Photographs
• ECtHR on the Retention of DNA Profiles (Again)
• ECtHR on Lawyer-Client Confidentiality
• EDPB Draft Guidelines on Connected Vehicles
• Irish DPC Opens Probes into Google and Tinder

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Data Protection insider #16 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Rules on Telecommunications Subscriber Registration
• EDPB Adopts Seven Documents
• AG Opinion on Access to Telecommunications Data
• ICO Release Statement on Brexit
• European Parliament Discuss Californian Adequacy

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Data Protection insider #15 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• ECtHR Rules on Online Hate Speech about Sexual Orientation
• ECtHR on Publishing Personal Data on Adoption
• AG Opinion on Data Retention: Key Aspects
• EDPS Preliminary Opinion on Scientific Research
• The EU Issues Guidance on Providing Information in the Context of Eurodac
• Further Developments in Data Protection-AdTech Discussions

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Data Protection insider #14 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• CJEU Rules on Surveillance Cameras
• AG Opinion in Schrems II
• New Data Protection Regime at Eurojust
• EDPS Releases Guidelines on Proportionality
• Swedish Fine for Publishing Credit Information
• UK Plans Big Tech Regulator

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Data Protection insider #13 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Adopts Three Documents
• ECtHR: Covert Surveillance – A Never-ending Quest for Legality?
• ECtHR: No Unlimited Seizure of Documents
• EDPS Launches European Parliament Election Probe
• E-Privacy: Commission to Propose new Draft
• RTBF before the Bundesverfassungsgericht: A Tale of Two Constitutions

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Data Protection insider #12 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Wojciech Wiewiórowski Elected as European Data Protection Supervisor
• EDPB Adopts Four Documents
• EDPB Documents: A Focus on the Guidelines on Territorial Scope
• E-Privacy: Presidency Draft Rejected by Council
• UN Human Rights Expert Concerned about Digital Welfare Dystopia
• Bulgarian Data Protection Law: Between Data Protection and Freedom of Expression
• Apps more Data Protection Friendly after the GDPR

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Data Protection insider #11 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• The EDPS on E-evidence and on Data Controllership within the EU
• UN Special Rapporteur Releases Health Data Standards
• Candidates Announced for EDPS Vacancy
• Huge Fine for Infringement of Privacy-By-Design
• The Growing Debate on Facial Recognition in the EU
• Irish DPA Investigates Social Media Micro-Targeting

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Data Protection insider #10 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Covert Surveillance at Work Deemed Legal by ECtHR
• ECtHR Rules on Public Lustration Database
• Third Annual Review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield – An Indication of Success?
• Resolutions Adopted following the IDPPCC
• German Data Protection Authorities Adopt Approach to Calculating Fines
• Germany Issues Digital Ethics Guidelines

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Data Protection insider #7 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• The New Commission: Who Is in Charge of Data Protection?
• Prisoner Surveillance in Russia Infringes Privacy
• Location Data not Mature Enough for Police Investigations
• Brexit, and Data Protection as a Tool of Politics
• DPA Push for Children’s Privacy
• UK DPA Issues Guidance on No-Deal Brexit

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Data Protection insider #6 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EU to Consider Facial Recognition Regulation
• Bulk Communication Surveillance Hearings before the CJEU
• Bulgarian DPA Issues Multi-Million Euro Fine
• Biometric Pilot Results in First Swedish Fine
• Facebook, Data Protection and Competition Law?
• ICO Receive Inadequate Response from Adtech

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Data Protection insider #5 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• Giovanni Buttarelli has Passed Away
• Irish DPA Guidance on Data Breaches
• European Parliament Studies on the GDPR: Blockchain and Scientific Research
• ISO Releases Privacy Management Standard
• ICO Investigates Facial Recognition Technology
• Germany Braces for Huge Fines
• EDPS: Information and the Environment Podcast

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Data Protection insider #4 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• CJEU Deals with “Like” Button in Fashion ID Judgment
• Not all Member States Transpose Police Directive
• Hamburg vs Google Smart Speakers
• DPA Sanctions Accountability Violations
• New DPIA on Microsoft Office and Windows
• The Financial Cost of the GDPR

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Data Protection insider #3 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Adopts Eleven New Documents
• Hearings on Bulk Communication Surveillance at ECtHR
• Marriott International Fined 100 Million
• Geographical Disparity in GDPR Fines
• German State Prohibits Microsoft Office in Schools
• AI and Law Enforcement: The Finnish Presidency

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Data Protection insider #2 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• New AI-HLEG Report on Trustworthy AI
• E-Privacy Regulation Proceeds before the Council
• ECtHR Rules on Prisoner CCTV Surveillance
• British Airways Faces Huge Data Breach Fine
• Facebook Fined in relation with Cambridge Analytica
• Schrems vs Facebook: Update

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Data Protection insider #1 is out now. The issue features contributions on :

• EDPB Adopts Three New Guidance Documents
• New Eurobarometer on Data Protection
• ICO Identifies Systematic Deficiencies in Adtech
• The Right to Complain before National Courts
• Libra Cryptocurrency: A Personal Data Reservoir
• Facebook Usage Collapse

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