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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Summary
A UK court has reversed a fine imposed on the provider of a facial image database service, Clearview AI, on the basis that the (UK) GDPR did not apply to the processing of personal data by the company. In so doing, the court has provided helpful judicial interpretation of both the territorial and material scope
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On 3 May 2022, the EU Commission published a draft Regulation on the European Health Data Space (“HDS”). The Regulation is the first sector-specific proposal in the Commission’s “European Strategy for Data”, which aims at creating a ‘single market for data’. In so doing, the Commission
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What has happened?
The European Union has today announced ‘agreement in principle’ with the United States on a new data transfer framework, intended to replace the Privacy Shield framework that was struck down in the 2020 Schrems II decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The agreement was announced in a joint
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Experiencing a global pandemic has provided us with many examples of the importance of scientific research to our lives. Meanwhile, a sometimes popular (mis)conception is that data protection laws – and particularly the GDPR – are a barrier to the effective use of personal data for research. Consequently, new guidance from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s
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