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Preparing for the European Health Data Space - Opportunities and Challenges for Europe’s Digital Future

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The EU regulation designed to facilitate secondary use of clinical data for research brings benefits for health research, but also poses challenges for companies....more

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Personal Data: A Relative Concept?

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Advocate General Spielmann opines that personal data can be pseudonymous in the hands of one party and anonymous in the hands of another....more

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Almost there: The European Parliament passes the EU Data Act, with new rules for data access, switching cloud providers and...

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On November 9, 2023, the European Parliament adopted the EU Data Act, a new regulation providing harmonized rules on access to data, switching cloud providers and interoperability requirements across the EU. It is widely...more

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E.U. and U.S. Agree to Data Privacy Deal, Freeing Way for Trans-Atlantic Data Sharing: Your 3-Step Action Plan

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The European Commission just adopted its adequacy decision on data transfers between the European Union and the United States, paving the path for companies to transfer data freely across the Atlantic and ending several years...more

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CJEU Sets High Bar for Responses to Data Subject Access Requests

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Organisations must provide individuals with information on the specific recipients of their data upon request. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that organisations must generally disclose the...more

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Data pools for sharing data are now regulated – EU Data Governance Act

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In Europe, the current conditions for sharing data between companies are so complicated that the potential of the industry is not fully exploited. This results in the loss of competitiveness of the European industry compared...more

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European Commission launches European Health Data Space

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On 3 May 2022, the European Commission launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The EHDS aims to make it possible for individuals to have access to their personal electronic health data in easily readable,...more

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European Commission Proposes Legislation Facilitating Data Access and Sharing

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On February 23, 2022, the European Commission ("Commission") published a proposal for a Data Act which aims at enhancing data access and use within the European Union ("EU")....more

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Council of the EU agrees position on Data Governance Act

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On 1 October 2021, the Council of the European Union (Council) reached agreement about the text of the proposed European Commission Data Governance Act (DGA) and issued a mandate to the EU Presidency to start trilogue...more

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Catalan DPA Issues Guidelines For COVID-19 Health Data Sharing Under GDPR

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Coronavirus and Data Protection guidance from the Catalan Data Protection Authority: •Under Articles 6.1.(e) and 9.2.(i) GDPR, health authorities may share health data when this is needed for reasons of public interest in...more

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Medical Research Council Advises on How to Anonymise Information for Research Purposes

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Anonymisation has always been (and still is) a real challenge for those carrying out clinical research. To shed some light on this matter, the Medical Research Council (MCR) – which is part of UK Research and Innovation – has...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.17.2019 | Top Story: EU Antitrust Regulators Probing Amazon Third-Party Seller Data Collection

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EU regulators announced today that they’ve been conducting an investigation into Amazon and “how it collects and uses data from third-party sellers who appear on the retailing giant’s website” with an eye to potential...more

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That’s Not In The GDPR: Myth-Busters From The Irish Data Protection Commission

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GDPR does NOT: prohibit a hairdresser from telling a customer what hair color they used on their hair - prevent the fire department from telling a property management company whether there had been a fire in one of its...more

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When Aerospatiale Meets The GDPR: Can U.S. Litigants Expect Limits On Discovery Of EU Personal Data?

When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on May 25, 2018, the European Union will begin enforcing its new data protection regime. The implications of the GDPR extend to discovery practices in U.S....more

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Repeal of FCC Privacy Rules Sparks Concern in U.S. and Europe

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) privacy rules required providers such as Comcast Corp. and AT&T Inc. to get subscribers’ permission before collecting and sharing their personal data. On April 4, 2017, President...more

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DSM webinar highlights tax, competition law, copyright, AVMS and data economy issues for 2017

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In a February 7, 2017 webinar, the Hogan Lovells Digital Single Market (DSM) team presented its take on new developments for 2017. Peter Watts introduced the session by warning that the loss of the UK voice in EU policy...more

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WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing Attracts Scrutiny from EU Privacy Authorities

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European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) recently launched investigations into WhatsApp’s sharing of user data with Facebook. (Facebook owns WhatsApp.) DPAs ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing the data pending the...more

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EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: Companies Can Now Certify

As of, August 1st, 2016, U.S. companies can now join the Safe Harbor successor EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (the “Privacy Shield”) for personal data transfers from the EU to the U.S. This post gives a high level summary of...more

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