In today’s interconnected world, businesses increasingly depend on email marketing to effectively expand and engage their international customer base. However, when sending unsolicited emails internationally, balancing data protection obligations and [...]
On October 4, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a ruling in the case C-621/22, addressing whether purely commercial interests can qualify as a legitimate interest for processing personal data under Article 6 para. 1 lit. f of the [...]
In August 2024, the European Center for Digital Rights (noyb), co-founded by privacy advocate Max Schrems, filed a series of complaints against X (formerly Twitter), the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. The nine complaints, lodged in nine different [...]
The installation of a GPS tracking tool on the company fleet cars has always been a pretty delicate and sometimes controversial topic, on which data protection implications have a critical role when deciding the way it is implemented, in accordance with [...]
Every child wakes up with an extra little twinkle in their eye on Christmas morning. Whether that twinkle comes on the 24th of December when the Christ Child visits in Southern Germany or on the 25th when Santa leaves goodies for all the good girls and [...]
In the landscape of corporate operations, accessing employee emails may sometimes feel like a necessity for companies. Whether to investigate suspected misconduct of current employees, facilitate operational management during an employee's prolonged absence, [...]
An exciting case was decided in Oslo at the beginning of September. In July, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority Datatilsynet had banned Meta Ireland and Facebook Norway (hereinafter referred to as Meta) from displaying personalised advertising via [...]
It is by far not the first time that Meta and its platforms had to face scrutiny in terms of their privacy policy. This time around, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) sanctioned WhatsApp with a fine of 5.5 million Euros due to the lack of a legitimate [...]
