The European Data Protection Board has published new guidelines (14 November 2023) on the scope of Article 5(3) of the e-Privacy Directive – i.e., the so-called ‘cookie rule’.  

These guidelines apply a maximalist interpretation to the cookie rule, meaning that a wide variety of technologies other than traditional cookies are, in the opinion of the

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Authors: Heidi Waem, Muhammed Demircan, Nicolas Becker

On 29 September 2023, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Belgian DPA) issued a decision imposing a reprimand on a public authority and its processor for various infringements of the GDPR, including the lack of a timely signed data processing agreement between the public authority – who

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