On March 10, 2025, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) updated its 2020 guidance on the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes (see the updated guidance here in French and in Dutch)....more
At the end of 2024 the Italian Data Protection Authority issued a 15 million euro fine in the first generative AI-related case brought under GDPR. According to Garante (the Italian authority), OpenAI trained ChatGPT with...more
EU countries will need to designate supervisory authorities (SAs) for the EU AI Act by August 2025. Contrary to GDPR, for example, a single country is allowed to appoint multiple AI SAs. Furthermore, an SA could be appointed...more
On October 24, 2024, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a press release announcing its EUR 310 million fine of LinkedIn over the platform’s use of member personal data in breach of the EU’s General Data...more
In a recent decision, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) indicated that it is unlikely that valid consent to the processing of biometric data can be given in the context of an employment...more
This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of...more
Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing...more
On October 7, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted an opinion on obligations following from the use of processors and sub-processors (the “Opinion”). The EDPB is the body that seeks to ensure harmonised...more
The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) is an independent French administrative regulatory body whose mission is to ensure that the collection, storage, and use of personal data comply with data...more
Introduction - The subject of “legitimate interests” and in particular whether they can be “purely commercial” has been a topic of front and center stage debate in the Netherlands for some time. The Dutch data protection...more
Dutch data privacy officials recently imposed a staggering penalty on Uber – €290 million ($324 million) – for allegedly breaching the European Union’s comprehensive data privacy and security law. This groundbreaking fine is...more
On 19 September 2024, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued new Guidance on the interplay between the recently adopted EU Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (the AI Act) and the General Data Protection...more
Once again, a Dutch district court has recalled a decision of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) for its too strict interpretation that purely commercial interests cannot be legitimate interests under Article...more
On 26 August the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Uber EUR 290 million for a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Following a number of complaints from French Uber drivers, the DPA found that...more
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed X’s agreement to suspend its processing of certain personal data for the purpose of training its AI chatbot tool, Grok. This comes after the DPC issued suspension...more
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
On August 6th, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued guidance cautioning companies about the potential data protection risks associated with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots....more
In a recent case, Pacini & Anor v Dow Jones & Company Inc., the publisher of the Wall Street Journal unsuccessfully applied to strike out a data protection claim concerning two historic articles....more
Following the very recent adoption of the EU Regulation on AI (the AI Regulation) the CNIL (the French data regulator) has issued the second in its series of recommendations for the development of privacy-friendly AI models....more
On May 2 2024, the Dutch data protection supervisory authority (the Dutch DPA) published guidance on the processing of personal data when using facial recognition....more
On 7 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling (C-604/22 | IAB Europe) clarifying the concepts of personal data and controller in the context of the use of a Transparency and Consent Framework...more
Italy plays a prominent role in EU AI Act negotiations and engages in political discussions for future laws. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Currently, there are no specific laws,...more
On 1 May 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued guidelines on data scraping used by private organisations in relation to GDPR principles including ‘lawfulness’. The guidelines could affect the way GenAI...more
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has recently issued new guidance on data scraping. The guide highlights the significant legal risks it poses to personal data and the restrictions required under the GDPR....more
Il n’y a pas de question plus difficile en matière contentieuse que celle de l’anticipation des risques de faire l’objet d’un contrôle ou d’une sanction. C’est la raison pour laquelle il est utile de se nourrir des évolutions...more