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Inside Privacy
The Court of Justice of the European Union reiterates broad application of the EU Data Protection Law’s journalism exception to online platforms
By Kristof Van Quathem, Anna Sophia Oberschelp de Meneses
On January 14, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) decided that video recordings of police officers in the exercise of their duties and the uploading of…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Article 29 Working Party Releases Opinion on Data Processing at Work
The Article 29 Working Party issued an Opinion on data processing at work, which complements the Working Party's previous guidance on the processing of personal data in the employment context…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
France Adopts Class Action Regime for Data Protection Violations
On November 19, 2016, the French government enacted a bill creating a legal basis for class actions against data controllers and processors resulting from data protection violations. The bill establishes…
Global Media and Communications Watch
The Ever-Expanding Concept of Personal Data
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that dynamic IP addresses are capable of constituting personal data under certain circumstances, ending years of speculation about whether…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
The Ever-Expanding Concept of Personal Data
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that dynamic IP addresses are capable of constituting personal data under certain circumstances, ending years of speculation about whether such…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
European Commission Adopts EU-US Privacy Shield
By Carolyn H. Jackson, Nathaniel Lalone
On July 12, the European Commission (EC) published an implementing decision (Adequacy Decision) under the EU directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing and free movement…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Future-Proofing Privacy: The New Accountability Regime
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Part 7 of Future-Proofing Privacy: The New Accountability Regime. Accountability is about demonstrating compliance and being transparent about such compliance. The Data Protection Directive already includes a number of obligations…
Inside Privacy
EU Advocate General Considers Dynamic IP Addresses To Be Personal Data
On May 12, 2016, EU Advocate General (“AG”) Manuel Campus Sanchez-Bordona issued an Opinion in Case C-582/14 Patrick Breyer v Germany, which is pending before the EU’s highest court (the…
Global Trade Law Blog
EU-US Privacy Shield: Brace Yourself . . . or Maybe Not
On February 29, 2016, the European Commission and United States released the terms of the much-anticipated renewed framework for the transfer, sharing, and processing of European individuals’ data to the…
Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright
THE EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION: ARE YOU READY?
By Carol A. F. Umhoefer In 1995, the EU Data Protection Directive established the first-ever legal framework for personal data protection across multiple countries. The Directive has since shaped how…