A brief overview of the legal framework for the use of cookies on websites in...
The question of cookies and data protection is always present, but what are cookies, are they always...
Gaia-X Hub Austria @ EFA
Data sovereignty for a sustainably competitive society: How can Gaia-X help Austrian companies and Austria as a...
Slovenia: Publication of an E-mail Address not a Waiver of the Right to Privacy
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia annulled the criminal conviction for the development,...
Klarna Bank AB - the importance of transparency in privacy notices
Earlier this spring, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection issued an administrative fine of approximately...
Can an employer ask the candidate to provide him with a court certificate that...
When establishing an employment relationship, employers often ask the candidates for a court confirmation that no...
Gaia-X Hub Austria entering its next operational phase
Control over our data in the digital world is becoming a determining competitive factor as well as the basis for a...
Gaia-X Austria stakeholder meeting in Vienna
On 28 July, Gaia-X Austria hosted a stakeholder meeting in Vienna for the IT and Gaia-X community from Slovenia,...
Can a controller rely on legitimate interest in Nigeria?
Legitimate interest is one of the lawful bases for processing personal information. However, the Nigeria Data...
Monaco: New legislation on the protection of personal data eagerly awaited
The government's bill for a major reform of Monaco's personal data protection legislation is currently being...
Finding a balance between fighting crime and privacy – the use of metadata
Last April, the Portuguese Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the provisions of articles 4, 6, and 9 of...
Access Granted: DSAR changes for data controllers granting access to health data
Updated regulations in Ireland regarding data subjects' access to their health data emerged in March 2022. The new...
The use of CCTV in light of the Luxembourg National Commission for Data...
In 2021, the Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (the “CNPD”) issued 48 decisions following...
AP applies incremental penalty authority to the fullest
It is the first time in history that the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has identified six violations of the...
Cross Border Transfers: Recent Developments
Generally, data transfers to third countries are prohibited unless the receiving country has received an adequacy...
Shaping the limits of the Right to be Notified in 2022 Israel.
The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority recently published a new memo aimed to clarify the scope of interpretation...
Facial recognition systems: 20 million fine against the American company...
"Not everything that is technically possible is legally and ethically lawful." These are the words of Guido Scorza,...
Seven Key figures from the Irish Data Protection Commission’s 2021 Annual Report
On 24 February 2022, the Data Protection Commission released its 2021 Annual Report (the “Report”) running to over...
Data retention overturned? Aftermath to the private sector?
The European Court of Justice has not just brought its settled case-law on data retention in line. Furthermore the...
Argentina's Data Protection Authority publishes its 2021 Annual Report
Argentina’s data protection authority, the Agency of Access to Public Information, i.e. the controlling authority...
Can audio surveillance be justified?
At the end of 2021, the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (DPA) issued a precept to a gas station using audio...