The pre-draft bill (Draft Bill) on Spanish Organic Law for the Protection of Minors in Digital Environments has been adopted and is currently open for public comments until 28 June 2024. Although still in its early stages,...more
The Data Governance Act (“DGA”) will become applicable as from 24 September 2023. From that date, (i) DGA intermediation services (that have carried out the necessary notification process) can start operating as such in the...more
The EU Data Act creates data access rights against manufacturers to benefit users of smart products. These data access rights could be in conflict with the IP rights and especially the manufacturers' trade secrets. The final...more
A new EU General Court ruling has nuanced the threshold between pseudonymous and anonymous data. In particular, it clarifies that supervisory authorities need to carry out a “test” to assess whether data can be deemed...more
The Spanish Data Protection Authority has opened a public consultation process to obtain comments for an incoming decision establishing the rules for commercial communications via telephone. This decision will be binding upon...more
The Data Governance Act is meant to foster the creation of a single European market for data sharing and re-use to enhance its commercial and scientific potential. Data held by public sector bodies are likely to be of key...more
The Data Act Proposal envisages the rights of users of medical devices / health wearables to have access to and to share the data originated from the use of the device with third parties. These access and sharing rights are...more
Los prestadores de asistencia sanitaria almacenan y utilizan historias clínicas electrónicas ("HCE") en el contexto de la prestación de dichos servicios sanitarios. Sin embargo, la configuración de dichas HCE por parte de los...more
En Europa, las condiciones para compartir datos entre empresas son tan complicadas en ocasiones que el potencial de la industria no está tan explotado como podría. Esto conlleva una pérdida de competitividad de la industria...more
La propuesta del Data Act tiene por objeto garantizar la equidad en el acceso a los datos y propone nuevas normas sobre quién puede utilizar y acceder a los datos generados en la UE en todos los sectores económicos. Crea la...more
The Data Act Proposal aims to provide fairness to data access and proposes new rules on who can use and access data generated in the EU across all economic sectors. It creates the obligation for manufacturers and designers to...more
Some weeks ago, we described the highlights of the new "Code of Conduct on the processing of personal data in the field of clinical trials and other clinical research as well as pharmacovigilance" (CoC) and the impact on data...more
The EU has moved up a gear in recent times, and it is producing new legal tools for companies to maximize the possibilities to collect and make use of data (including personal data) in the context of its European Strategy for...more
The European Union has already enacted several Directives to allow (or mandate) the possibility for companies to access and re-use the data held by EU public administrations in the European Union. However, in many cases this...more
Spanish Government has approved a Royal Decree by which people or companies that offer lodging and/or rental car (without driver) services, will need to share a very broad list of personal data with Spanish enforcement...more
La Comisión Europea acaba de publicar un modelo tipo de contrato de encargo del tratamiento bajo el artículo 28 del Reglamento General de Protección de Datos ("RGPD"). ...more
When launching a project that involves processing of personal data, previously collected for a different purpose, what are the requirements? Companies usually focus on the legal basis of processing and information duties, but...more