GDPR certifications come into focus with EDPB guidance
Last week, on GDPR Day, as the law finally came into force, the newly minted European Data Protection Board shed […]
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GDPR harmonization: Reality or myth?
One primary goal in the EU’s enactment of the General Data Protection Regulation was to “harmonize,” or bring into conformity […]
EU Commission rejects UK’s approach for personal data transfers
The UK Government’s Brexit policy assumes that the Data Protection Act 2018 is good enough to obtain an adequacy determination […]
CJEU ruling causes “difficulty for fan page operators in fulfilling all data protection obligations”
7 June 2018 The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) issued, on 5 June 2018, its ruling (‘the […]
First court decision on GDPR
Only five days after the GDPR became applicable, the first German court, the Regional Court ( Landgericht ) Bonn (in […]
GDPR certification guidance drafted
Businesses may be able to obtain certification for their products under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Data […]
The winners and losers of GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation is finally here. As with anything, there are winners and losers. Bluntly speaking, any business […]
GDPR Guidance – European Data Protection Board Adopts Art. 29 Working Papers
Data protection authorities set out guidelines for the application of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation The European Data […]
One week into #GDPR – what you need to know
Websites go dark, complaints are filed within an hour, European Commission suffers an embarrassing data leak, and the US Commerce […]
EDPB outlines how businesses should approach data transfers
New European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published new guidance intended to help businesses comply with the General Data Protection Regulation […]
Three different approaches to consent under GDPR
AdAge looks at at several publishers who are all handling consent under GDPR differently. Approaches vary widely. Some publishers provide an easy […]
Brief case-law companion for the GDPR professional
This collection of quotes from relevant case-law has been compiled with the purpose of being useful to all those working […]