Happy 2023 Data Privacy Day!
By year-end 2024, Gartner predicts that 75% of the world’s population will have its personal data covered under modern privacy regulations. Privacy regulation…
Compensating a scratch on the soul? The status quo of the right to receive compensation for immaterial damage under Article 82 GDPR
Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona (‘the AG’) recently issued an Opinion on CJEU case C-300/21 (UI v. Österreichische Post AG). This is the first AG Opinion…
Catching up with the AI Act
In the Council of the European Union, the Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society is examining the Proposal. Recently, the Czech Republic…
Are you processing ‘Special Category’ data by way of inference? A reflection on the tipping point
The GDPR prescribes different rules for processing personal data that is considered ‘ordinary’ and personal data that is considered ‘special’. Recent developments…
Does the new US Executive Order mark an important step for EU – US data transfers after Schrems II?
The EU and the US announced that they had agreed in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). This agreement, among other things,…
What to do when the AI goes rogue: EU commission proposes new AI civil liability framework
On September 28th, 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for the Directive on adapting noncontractual civil liability rules to artificial…
The adtech saga continues: Final IAB Europe decision awaits CJEU answers
Earlier this year the Belgian data protection authority (“BE DPA”) issued a €250.000 fine to the Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (“IAB”) for multiple…
Loot boxes: what are the risks and how should they be regulated?
Since Brexit, the UK is now free to introduce new UK specific requirements in the field of privacy and data protection. This new data transfer development…
