Does anyone remember 12 September 2019? The GDPR was still new, but the initial excitement had died down and the first practical experiences with the new law had crystallised. Much was unclear, but some things were slowly becoming clearer. On 12 September, [...]
In a landmark ruling (‘Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximilian Schrems’)[1], the CJEU invalidated the Privacy Shield Decision[2], whereby the Commission had determined that the United States ensured an adequate level of protection for p [...]
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 [...]
