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Continue reading →: What’s new in research: networks of control built on digital tracking, new models of internet governance
pdpEcho is kicking off 2017 with a brief catalogue of interesting recently published research that sets the tone for the new year. First, Wolfie Christl and Sarah Spiekermann‘s report on “Networks of Control”, published last month, is a must read for anyone that wants to understand how the digital economy…
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Continue reading →: Data retention, only possible under strict necessity: targeted retention and pre-authorised access to retained data
The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘the Court’ or ‘CJEU’) gave a second judgment this week on the compatibility of data retention measures with the fundamental rights of persons as guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (in Joined Cases C-203/15 and C-698/15 Tele2Sverige). The Court…
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Continue reading →: EU Commission’s leaked plan for the data economy: new rules for IoT liability and sharing “non-personal data”
It seems that it’s the season of EU leaks on internet and digital policy. One day after the draft new e-Privacy regulation was leaked (to Politico), another document appeared online (published by Euractiv) before its adoption and release – a Communication from the European Commission on “Building a European data…
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Continue reading →: A million dollar question, literally: Can DPAs fine a controller directly on the basis of the GDPR, or do they need to wait for national laws?
by Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna The need to discuss the legal effect of the GDPR emerged as there are some opinions in the privacy bubble informing that it will take at least a couple of years before the GDPR will de facto have legal effect at national level, after the moment it becomes applicable in…
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Continue reading →: Greek judges asked the CJEU if they should dismiss evidence gathered under the national law that transposed the invalidated Data Retention Directive
Here is a new case at the Court of Justice of the EU that the data protection world will be looking forward to, as it addresses questions about the practical effects of the invalidation of the Data Retention Directive. Case C-475/16 K. (yes, like those Kafka characters) concerns criminal proceedings…
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Continue reading →: What’s new in research: full-access papers on machine learning with personal data, the ethics of Big Data as a public good
Today pdpecho inaugurates a weekly post curating research articles/papers/studies or dissertations in the field of data protection and privacy, that are available under an open access regime and that were recently published. This week there are three recommended pieces for your weekend read. The first article, published by researchers from Queen Mary University…
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Continue reading →: Even if post Brexit-UK adopts the GDPR, it will be left without its “heart”
Gabriela Zanfir Fortuna There has been lately a wave of optimism of those looking for legal certainty that the GDPR will be adopted by the UK even after the country leaves the European Union. This wave was prompted by a declaration of the British Secretary of State, Karen Bradley, at…
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I’m Gabriela
Welcome to pdpecho, my blog about personal data protection and privacy. Here, I have been accompanying my passion for this field with thoughts and writing throughout the years, pushing the boundaries of data protection law and hoping to explain its beauty and value to the world. Opinions here are strictly mine, so is the writing (I never use LLMs to write).