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France CNIL calls for comments on its draft recommendation on security of critical data processing operations

The French supervisory authority (CNIL) asked for public comments on its draft recommendation on data security in relation to processing that presents particularly high risks to individuals or to the public interest (the...more

India – Digital Personal Data Protection Act receives Presidential assent

The President of India gave assent for the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 on 11 August 2023, a matter of days after it had been passed by both the Lower and Upper House. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act...more

EU General Court annuls EDPS decision and examines when personal data can be considered anonymised

On 26 April 2023, in case T-557/20 (Single Resolution Board v EDPS), the Court of Justice of the European Union in its General Court configuration (the Court) annulled the decision of the European Data Protection Supervisor...more

CJEU clarifies key aspects of the GDPR: an overview of recent cases

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued on 4 May 2023 three decisions in cases concerning interpretation of key aspects of the GDPR. It also published three opinions of the Advocate General (AG). Below is a...more

Increasing global cybersecurity regulation of private companies on the near horizon

Within the past year, a number of countries around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and The Netherlands have initiated regulatory inquiries and developed new strategies for the purpose of more...more

DSK publishes decision on access by third country public authorities to data processed by processors in the EEA

The German Data Protection Conference of supervisory authorities (DSK) issued a decision on how to evaluate the risk of personal data being accessed by non-EEA public authorities, or by a parent company, when processed by a...more

Italy - Garante restricts personal data processing by an AI chatbot that generates a 'virtual friend'

The Italian supervisory authority (Garante) issued an urgent order against Luka Inc. (Luka), a US-based developer and operator of the online app “Replika” (Replika), an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on 2 February 2023....more

USA - NIST proposes a framework for AI Risk Management

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce published its AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) on 26 January 2023, a guidance document for organisations designing,...more

EU top court rules that controllers must disclose actual identity of data recipients in response to data subject access request

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Case C-154/21 Österreichische Post (the Österreichische Post case) on 12 January 2023. The case relates to the interpretation of Art. 15(1)(c) GDPR,...more

EDPBs October plenary harmonisation of GDPR enforcement, a new Data Protection Seal and updated guidance

On 12 October 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the outcomes of its plenary meeting held on 10 October 2022....more

UK DCMS outlines plans to replace GDPR while retaining data adequacy

On 3 October 2022, the new Secretary of State of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), Michelle Donelan, announced plans to replace the EU GDPR with the UK’s own “business and consumer-friendly, British...more

EU – New Cyber Resilience Act will provide cybersecurity requirements for hardware and software products

On 15 September 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a new Cyber Resilience Act (the Act) that introduces common cybersecurity rules for placing products with digital elements on the EU market. ...more

Netherlands - VoetbalTV decision offers no further clarity on validity of a purely commercial interest as a legitimate interest...

On 27 July 2022, the Council of State (RVS), the highest administrative court of the Netherlands, published its decision in the VoetbalTV case regarding the interpretation of the legitimate interest legal basis for...more

Canada – Digital Charter Implementation Act introduced to strengthen federal data protection laws and regulate AI

On 16 June 2022, the Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act 2022 to modernise the regulation on...more

EU Data Governance Act adopted by European Parliament

On 6 April 2022, the European Parliament adopted the draft Data Governance Act (the DGA), following trilogue negotiations between EU legislators....more

EU – EDPB comments on the upcoming EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

On 6 April 2022, following the announcement of the political agreement on a new EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework having been reached between the European Commission and the United States on 25 March 2022, the...more

EU EDPB publishes final Guidelines on codes of conduct as tools for international data transfers

On 4 March 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a final version of its Guidelines on Codes of Conduct as tools for transfers of personal data to third countries (Guidelines), adopted during the EDPB...more

EDPB adopts draft Guidelines on the right of access and a letter on cookie consent

On 19 January 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the outcomes of its plenary session that took place earlier this week. The EDPB adopted new guidelines that provide guidance on various aspects of data...more

CJEU issues opinion in favour of allowing consumer organisations to bring representative actions against GDPR infringement

On 2 December 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published the Advocate General’s (AG) opinion in case C-319/20 (Facebook Ireland) (the AG Opinion) relating to the issue of whether Member State law may...more

Government introduces new law to ensure consumer connected devices comply with high cybersecurity standards

On 24 November 2021, the DCMS announced a new bill that would require manufacturers, importers and distributors of digital tech products (including physical shops and online retailers) to ensure that consumer...more

EU legislators approve proposed DGA and progress DSA, DMA and Digital Finance Package proposals

In the past two weeks, there has been significant progress in relation to a number of pieces of proposed EU legislation relating to data protection, data governance, and digital markets....more

EDPB publishes final guidelines on restricting data subject rights under Article 23 GDPR

On 19 October 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced that it has published its final guidelines on the restrictions under Article 23 GDPR (Guidelines) following the end of its public consultation and...more

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