News & Analysis as of

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) › Data Privacy › European Data Protection Board (EDPB)

Follow this channel for updates and analysis on all aspects of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, a reform of EU's data protection rules that impacts... more +
Follow this channel for updates and analysis on all aspects of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, a reform of EU's data protection rules that impacts individuals throughout the Union and all businesses operating therein. less -
A&O Shearman

EDPB publishes draft Guidelines on personal data in blockchain and a report on AI privacy risks & mitigations in large language...

A&O Shearman on

On April 14 2025, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the outcomes of its plenary session that took place on April 8 2025, during which the EDPB adopted draft Guidelines on processing of personal data through...more

HaystackID

From Consent or Pay to AI Oversight: EDPB Expands Its Regulatory Reach in 2024

HaystackID on

What happens when data protection collides with the relentless pace of digital innovation? That’s the question the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) seemed to confront head-on in 2024, a year marked by unprecedented...more

Alston & Bird

European Commission Moves to Extend Free Flows of Personal Data to the UK

Alston & Bird on

On March 18, 2025, the European Commission proposed to extend its adequacy decision in favor of the United Kingdom (‘UK’) for an additional six-month period. This would allow free flows of personal data from the EU to the UK...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Forget It!: EDPB Announces Focus on Right to Erasure in 2025

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on

Right of erasure (or “right to be forgotten”) has been selected by the European Data Protection Board as its priority enforcement topic for 2025. This work is being done under the “Coordinated Enforcement Framework” or “CEF.”...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has Issued an Opinion on Certain Data Protection Aspects Related to Processing Personal...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an opinion on certain data protection aspects related to processing personal data in AI models. The opinion came after the Irish supervisory authority raised questions to...more

K&L Gates LLP

CJEU Upholds EDPB's Authority to Order Broader Investigations in Cross-Border Cases

K&L Gates LLP on

In a landmark judgment delivered on 29 January 2025, the General Court of the European Union has affirmed the European Data Protection Board‘s (EDPB) authority to require national supervisory authorities to broaden their...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

EU AI Act: First Set of Requirements Go into Effect February 2, 2025

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice on

The first binding obligations of the European Union’s landmark AI legislation, the EU AI Act (the Act), came into effect on February 2, 2025. Essentially, from this date, AI practices which present an unacceptable level of...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

EU Court Affirms Authority of EDPB

Baker Botts L.L.P. on

On January 29, 2025, the General Court of the European Union delivered a significant judgment concerning the powers and competences of the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB"). The case involved the Data Protection...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 68

Dechert LLP on

DOJ Final Rule: New US Restrictions on Nearly All Foreign Access to Personal Data - The National Security Division of the United States Department of Justice has issued a sweeping final rule that would prevent access to...more

A&O Shearman

EDPB publishes opinion on personal data processing relating to AI model development

A&O Shearman on

On December 17 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued Opinion 28/2024 addressing data protection aspects of processing in the context of AI models. This Opinion was requested by the Irish Data Protection...more

King & Spalding

EU & UK AI Roundup – January 2025

King & Spalding on

The second half of 2024 saw a myriad of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related legal and regulatory developments for the EU and UK, critically with the EU AI Act coming into force on 1 August 2024. This has been followed by...more

DLA Piper

EU: EDPB Opinion on AI Provides Important Guidance Though Many Questions Remain

DLA Piper on

A much-anticipated Opinion from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on AI models and data protection has not resulted in the clear or definitive guidance that businesses operating in the EU had hoped for. The Opinion...more

A&O Shearman

European Commission publishes first report on adequacy decision of the EU-US DPF

A&O Shearman on

On October 9, 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) published a report on the first periodic review of the adequacy decision of July 10, 2023. This decision determined that the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How Legitimate Is Your Business Interest? The EDPB Has Some Thoughts

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on

The European Data Protection Board issued draft guidelines last month that outline when processing can be considered done for “legitimate interest.” The public has until November 20 to provide comments to the draft....more

Hogan Lovells

EDPB Opinion on controller accountability in sub-processing chains

Hogan Lovells on

On 9 October 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its Opinion 22/2024, clarifying the responsibilities of controllers when relying on processors and sub-processors. This guidance emphasizes the importance...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EDPB Provides Insight for Use of Tracking Tools

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on

The EDPB released guidance last month to help companies understand their obligations when using newer tracking tools. These include pixels, URL tracking, IP-tracking, and the like. First, some background: an EU law that...more

A&O Shearman

European Commission publishes second report on application of GDPR

A&O Shearman on

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

International Lawyers Network

Data Privacy Guide - Romania

International Lawyers Network on

Governing Data Protection Legislation - 2.1. Overview of principal legislation - The General Regulation Data Protection (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), as implemented by Law 190/2018 is the principal data...more

Cooley LLP

Breached the GDPR? Calculate your own fine!

Cooley LLP on

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a difficult piece of legislation to comply with, and not meeting some of its requirements may lead to hefty fines of up to 4% of global annual revenues of the preceding year or...more

A&O Shearman

Global Cross Border Privacy Rules and the new initiatives to support data free flow with trust

A&O Shearman on

ust over a year ago, on 21 April 2022, the seven economies (Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and the USA) participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross-Border...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Get Ready to Update Your Binding Corporate Rules Regulators Expand Requirements

McDermott Will & Emery on

At the end of June, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its Recommendations (Recs) on Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). Among other things, the Recs require existing and in process BCRs to: - Incorporate...more

Miller Nash LLP

This Is Not a Test: The Significant Impacts of the Ireland Data Protection Commission’s Meta Decision

Miller Nash LLP on

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), through Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), issued another fine against a large US technology company. What may come as a surprise is the...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 29

Dechert LLP on

The Proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Faces Potential Obstacles - On February 14, 2023, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (the “EP Committee”) released a draft opinion...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Bytes | Issue 2

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Bytes is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe. ...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

One-Two Punch: Lessons from the Irish DPC’s WhatsApp Decision

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on

2023 continues to be a busy year for European data protection authorities. Following its release of the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC’s) binding decisions in cases against Facebook and Instagram, the European Data...more

68 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3
Next »

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide