On 25 July 2024, the EU Commission published its second report on the application of the GDPR (the ‘Second Report’), following its first report published in 2020....more
Europäische Datenschutzbehörden verhängen immer höhere Geldbußen. Dementsprechend nimmt auch die Bedeutung einer effektiven Verteidigung von Unternehmen in Bußgeldverfahren wegen DS-GVO-Verstößen stetig zu. Ursprünglich...more
The final decision of the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) in relation to the transfers of EU/EEA Facebook user data by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta Ireland) to its processor, Meta Platforms, Inc., in the US...more
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)1 has held that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires controllers to provide data subjects a "faithful reproduction" of their personal data, which takes into account the...more
Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) wird bald darüber entscheiden, ob europäische Datenschutzbehörden künftig leichter Bußgelder nach Art. 83 DSGVO gegen Unternehmen verhängen können. Diese Entscheidung kann großen Einfluss...more
Hogan Lovells and Privacy Laws & Business have submitted a joint memorandum to data protection leaders in the EU and the UK advocating for a common framework for Binding Corporate Rules (BCR). The memorandum, submitted to the...more
The UK government set out its detailed proposals for data protection reform on 18 July 2022 in the form of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. Compared with some of the radical ideas in the 2021 public...more
Der Europäische Datenschutzausschuss (EDSA) hat am 12. Mai 2022 Leitlinien zur Berechnung von Bußgeldern wegen möglicher DSGVO-Verstöße veröffentlicht (Leitlinien). Die Leitlinien sollen das Bußgeldrecht in den einzelnen...more
Update: UK international data transfer agreement and UK addendum to the EU standard contractual clauses now in force In February, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), the United Kingdom (UK) data protection...more
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) recommends that Dutch websites stop using the IAB framework and other similar tools for tracking users, reports a Dutch newspaper (only in Dutch). The recommendation of the...more
On February 2, 2022, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) issued a decision finding that the Interactive Advertising Bureau ("IAB”) Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework (“TCF”) violates key provisions of the...more
By the close of 2021, EU data protection authorities (“DPA”) had initiated investigations into a number of US tech companies operating in Europe and further investigations are set to continue. In a recent case concerning...more
On January 12, 2022, the French data protection authority (“CNIL“) published guidance on the reuse of personal data by processors for their purposes (“Guidance”). This the most recent guidance of a major EU regulator on a...more
Helen Dixon, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, gave the keynote speech during the closing session of the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Data Protection Congress in Brussels. Here are a few of...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Updata - the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more
The Information Commissioner’s position paper on the UK government’s proposal for a trusted digital identity system provides insight into the interplay between data protection and digital identity. Key Points- •Given...more
Das Portal fragdenstaat.de (Link) hat einen Fragebogen der Hamburgischen Datenschutzbehörde veröffentlicht, mit Hilfe dessen die Behörde die Umsetzung des Schrems-II-Urteils exemplarisch am Einsatz von Office 365 überprüft....more
The French data protection authority’s decisions cite violations of the cookie rules under the ePrivacy Directive and provide important insights on explicit consent. Between December 2019 and May 2020, the French data...more
Keypoint: The EDPB’s much-anticipated recommendations will help companies identify the supplementary measures they need to put into place to comply with the CJEU’s Schrems II decision. Today, the European Data Protection...more
On October 1st, 2020, the Data Protection Authority of Hamburg (“DPA”) announced that it issued a massive EUR 35.3 million fine against the clothing company H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG (“H&M”) for the...more
On Friday September 4, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a body consisting of representatives of all the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in the European Economic Area, announced that it had formed two new...more
On September 3, 2020, The EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (the LIBE Committee), met to discuss the future of future of EU-US personal data flows following the Schrems II decision. In...more
Last November, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (Spanish DPA) published its new Guidelines on the Use of Cookies within the framework of the GDPR and Spanish E-privacy rules. ...more
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a EUR 830,000 (approximately USD 937,000) fine against the Dutch Credit Registration Bureau (BKR) for violating data subject rights. The fine stems from BKR’s practice of...more
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has issued advice on protecting data privacy when using videoconferencing. Organizations should: •Use contracted service providers for work-related communications. Ensure you are...more