data access

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April 25, 2023

CJEU Advocate General delivers Opinion on the right of access for purposes unrelated to data protection

The AG suggested that GDPR requires companies to provide personal data copies to individuals, regardless of why it was requested.

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February 10, 2023

CJEU: Right of Access Allows Data Subjects to Request the Identity of Each Data Recipient

CJEU ruled that under GDPR an individual has the right to request the identity of each entity to whom the data controller has disclosed their personal data.

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January 17, 2022

Cross-Border Access to User Data by Law Enforcement: 2021 Year in Review

Law enforcement around the world is apparently getting easier access to data in other countries, thanks to the Council of Europe’s adoption of a flawed new protocol to the Budapest Convention.

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October 14, 2021

Belgian Government Wants To Add Encryption Backdoors To Its Already-Terrible Data Retention Law

Legislators want a form of encryption that can be stripped away whenever the government wants access to communications. It means backdoor.

July 30, 2021

Germany’s highest court widens the scope of data subject access requests in Germany

Germany’s highest civil court, the Federal Court Of Justice, has published a decision specifying the scope of data subject access requests (DSARs).

June 14, 2021

Apple: Blindsided, Handcuffed By Trump Administration Demand For Swalwell Data

Seeking to protect its image as a guardian of personal privacy, Apple maintains it was blindsided and handcuffed by a Trump administration probe

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May 27, 2021

EU citizens win right to access personal data held by Home Office

Appeal court ruling means people denied settled status or immigration visas can see records used in the case.

May 5, 2021

German Federal Labor Court rules on the scope of the right to information under Art. 15 GDPR

Specifically, the issue was whether or to what extent Art. 15 GDPR grants a right to receive copies of e-mails.

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January 23, 2021

UK Case Tests the Territorial Application of the GDPR to U.S. Run Website

The recent UK case of Soriano v Forensic News and Others tested the territorial reach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and represents the first UK judgment dealing with the territorial scope of the GDPR.

January 15, 2021

High Court dismisses claim where DSAR regime abused

Where those requests are repetitive, numerous, and the real purpose is to obtain documents and not data, businesses might reasonably resist civil claims raising similar factual issues.