04 May, 2023 Data privacy litigation: CJEU brings clarity into non-material damages claims By Christoph Werkmeister Michael Schwaab Christian Sosna Individual actions for non-material damages following alleged infringements of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...
03 May, 2023 Compensation claims after cyberattacks – EU Court of Justice Advocate General’s opinion By Michael Schwaab Christoph Werkmeister Adam Gillert On 27 April 2023, Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzella delivered his opinion in Case C-340/21 (not available in English) regarding a...
20 Apr, 2023 German government paper confirms current trends in employee data protection law By Tibor Szigetvari Hendrik Witt Julia Förster Sebastian Rombey +1 more... Show less The core German legal basis for processing employee personal data was recently annulled by the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The...
11 Oct, 2022 Data privacy litigation: claiming non-material damages likely to become more difficult By Martin Mekat Christoph Werkmeister Robert Barton Christoph Clausen Dawid Ligocki +2 more... Show less Actions for non-material damages following (alleged) infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have been on the rise...
29 Oct, 2020 Clarifying the DSAR landscape – new guidance from the ICO By Amy Rentell Guy Huffen The right of individuals to access their personal data has been a fundamental facet of data protection law for a number of decades, with...
17 Aug, 2020 Designing or buying in AI? 5 things to minimise GDPR risk By Rachael Annear AI has become a ‘buzzword’ and the opportunities that it can offer mean businesses are looking closely at how to take advantage of it....
28 Jan, 2020 Navigating the DSAR struggle – reflections for UK employers By Holly Insley For those who have missed the (admittedly quite restrained) fanfare, 28 January marks Data Protection Day. The original purpose of Data...
09 Jan, 2020 Data protection litigation on the rise: an area to watch out for By Gernot Fritz Julian Scheitel Enforcement of data protection violations has become a powerful tool. Since the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) came into...
30 May, 2019 GDPR: broader scope and higher fines also apply to international arbitration By Niamh Leinwather Desiree Prantl The General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679, GDPR) has just celebrated its first birthday on 25 May 2019. The Regulation lays...
21 Feb, 2019 Roskomnadzor’s comments on personal data By Olga Chislova Russian personal data protection legislation is formulated in a way that, in many instances, allows broad interpretation of rules and...
17 Dec, 2018 First Supreme Court decision on GDPR: Austrian Supreme Court rules on "prohibition of consent bundling" in general terms and conditions By Gernot Fritz Not even six months have passed since the GDPR became applicable and the first Supreme Court decision is already here. Wait: In many...
18 Sep, 2018 What kind of data breaches are relevant under the GDPR? By Gernot Fritz Data breaches happen. Yet, not all kinds of data breaches entail obligations under the GDPR. Companies often struggle to identify what is...