On 25 March 2025, the Irish Data Protection Commission (‘DPC’) confirmed that it received no objections to its draft decision on how TikTok Technology Limited (‘TikTok’) transfers personal data to China. The DPC, in its role as the lead supervisory authority for the Irish-headquartered TikTok, opened two ex officio inquiries…
The European Council and European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the European Health Data Space (“EHDS”). See our recent article on the draft text – Shaping the Future: the European Health Data Space. The main objectives of the EHDS is to improve individual access and control over patient…
The European Commission published a proposal on 03 May 2022 for a regulation to create a European Health Data Space (“EHDS”). This proposed EU regulation establishes a health-specific ecosystem of rules, common standards and practices, infrastructures, and a governance framework, which processes a wide range of electronic health data and…
As we kick off 2024, many of us are wondering what this year’s hot topics and trends will be in the privacy and cybersecurity sector. Will AI continue to be the trendsetter, even among privacy regulators? And what will businesses do to keep up to date with all emerging laws,…
Case Law Updates and Fines On May 29, 2023, the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) published Decision No. 20/2023, in which it fined WIND Hellas Telecommunications S.A. (now NOVA Telecommunications & Media Monoprosopi SA) €150,000, for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), following a complaint. You can read the press release here and the…
On 21 September 2023, the UK government announced the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), i.e., the US-UK data bridge (Data Bridge). The Data Bridge will go live on 12 October 2023 and will enable UK organisations to transfer personal data to organisations in the US that…
Case Law Updates and Fines On October 10, 2023, the Italian data protection authority (Garante) announced in its newsletter its Decision No. 405, as issued on September 14, 2023, in which it imposed a fine of €90,000 on GFB One s.r.l., for violations of the GDPR and the Personal Data…
Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates and Fines The Office of…
Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates and Fines On 3 August,…
Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates and Fines On June 22,…