Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted in May 2016 we have been waiting to see what the Data Protection Bill 2017 will provide. As an EU regulation the GDPR will have direct effect, in other words no …
The Dept. Justice is undertaking a consultation on what it terms the “digital age of consent”; submissions are due on Friday, 2nd December. These submissions will be considered by the Dept. as it draws up the Heads of the new …
Advocate General’s opinion on Weltimmo issued yesterday; I discuss in the IAPP’s Privacy Advisor today. Judgment in Weltimmo will inform our understanding of the jurisdiction of Europe’s Data Protection Supervisors and may have implications for the EU’s data protection reforms. …
This may be a big week for the EU’s long awaited data proteciton reform. The EU’s Justice Ministers are expected to agree a common position on the EU Commission’s proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation. The EU Council has …
In Collins v FBD Insurance the Irish High Court held that damages for breach of a subject’s rights under the Data Protection Acts could only be awarded where they could “…establish that the loss or damage that such person has …
My latest for the IAPP Privacy Advisor is here: You’re Watching Schrems, but Maybe You Should Be Watching Weltimmo . Weltimmo was heard by the CJEU in March andthe Advocate General’s opinion is due at the end of this month. Its …
The EU Commission’s Proposal for an EU Data Protection Regulation has not made any formal progress since March of last year. At that point the EU Parliament essentially agreed to support the Commission’s Proposal in large part. The European elections …
Where is Europe’s data protection reform going? Europe’s data protection laws are out-of-date. Remarkably the current Data Protection Directive failed to take account of the internet when it was enacted (that’s not my opinion, it’s the judgment of the CJEU). The …
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