On October 14, 2019, the German Conference of Data Protection Authorities (DSK) published a concept for determining fines in accordance with the GDPR. In some regards, this concept resembles the model of the Berlin Data Protection Authority which was [...]
On October 1st, the European Court of Justice handed down a ruling that could have a major impact on the design of the "cookie banners" widely used on the Internet. Although the European Court of Justice was not actually considering the classic "cookie [...]
The Hellenic Data Protection Authority has fined PriceWaterhouseCoopers Business Solutions SA 150,000.00 € for unlawful processing of employee data, after the Authority had conducted an ex officio investigation in response to a complaint. The Authority [...]
The data protection authority (DPA) of the German federal state of Hamburg recently opened administrative proceedings against Google. It relates to Google’s “Google Assistant” System, the natural language assistant behind the “Google Home” speaker, and tra [...]
The Finnish data protection authority (the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman) has recently published its annual reports on May 17th 2019.[1] This short article summarizes the most interesting fact regarding the English summary report. Major Foc [...]
As anticipated under the provision of Article 70(4) of the GDPR, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), on the 12th April 2019 began a public consultation on the Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1) (b) GDPR in [...]
The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) strictly regulates the collection, use and storage of personal data, but does the long arm of the law stretch beyond the EU borders more than anyone could have anticipated? If you are surfing the web [...]
Whether or not the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) can agree on an exit deal, the UK will be leaving the EU come March 30, 2019. Although the UK plans to incorporate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into national law there [...]
