Case
SRB v EDPS
12 published works
Privacy Matters
EU: EDPB Publishes Draft Guidelines on Anonymisation
On 7 July 2026, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its draft Guidelines 02/2026 on Anonymisation for public consultation. The Guidelines provide long-awaited clarification on when data can truly…
BioSlice Blog
EDPB Guidelines on Anonymisation: What Life Sciences Companies Need to Know
By Alexander Roussanov, Jami Vibbert, Camille Vermosen
On 7 July 2026, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted its Guidelines 02/2026 on Anonymisation for public consultation (the “Guidelines”), replacing the Article 29 Working Party’s Opinion 05/2014 that…
Global Policy Watch
EDPB Publishes Report on Stakeholder Event on Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation
By Sam Jungyun Choi, Jadzia Pierce, Kristof Van Quathem
On February 18, 2026, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published its Report on Stakeholder Event on Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation of 12 December 2025 (the “Report”). The Report summarises feedback…
Inside Privacy
EDPB Publishes Report on Stakeholder Event on Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation
By Sam Jungyun Choi, Jadzia Pierce, Kristof Van Quathem
On February 18, 2026, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published its Report on Stakeholder Event on Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation of 12 December 2025 (the “Report”). The Report summarises feedback…
Data Matters
EU Court of Justice Issues Landmark Judgment on Concept of “Personal Data”
By Francesca Blythe, Lauren Cuyvers, Oscar Beghin, Dr. Kwabena Tenkorang
On 4 September 2025, the EU Court of Justice (the “CJEU”) issued a landmark ruling in SRB v. EDPS confirming that pseudonymous data is not automatically personal data in all…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
CJEU Confirms Personal Data as a Relative Concept
The CJEU rules that personal data can be pseudonymous in the hands of one party and anonymous in the hands of another. By Myria Saarinen, Tim Wybitul, Wolf-Tassilo Böhm, Isabelle…
Global Policy Watch
EU Court of Justice Clarifies the Concept of Personal Data in the Context of a Transfer of Pseudonymized Data to Third Parties
By Dan Cooper, Kristof Van Quathem
On September 4, 2025, the Court of Justice of the EU (“Court”) handed down its judgment in case EDPS v SRB C-413/23 P, setting aside the General Court of the…
Inside Privacy
EU Court of Justice Clarifies the Concept of Personal Data in the Context of a Transfer of Pseudonymized Data to Third Parties
By Dan Cooper, Kristof Van Quathem
On September 4, 2025, the Court of Justice of the EU (“Court”) handed down its judgment in case EDPS v SRB C-413/23 P, setting aside the General Court of the…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
Personal Data: A Relative Concept?
Advocate General Spielmann opines that personal data can be pseudonymous in the hands of one party and anonymous in the hands of another. By Gail Crawford, Fiona M. Maclean, Myria…
Tech Law Blog
One man’s pseudonymisation is another man’s anonymisation: The AG Opinion in SRB v EDPS and the scope of “personal data”
By Mark Ellis, Eoghan O'Keeffe
On 6 February, the EU’s Advocate General Spielmann provided his opinion (the Opinion) in the case of EDPS v SRB (Case C‑413/23 P), advising that the previous judgment of the…