European Commission responds to Parliament’s resolution on UK adequacy
A Brussels friend shared this response from the European Commission to the Parliament, regarding its resolution on UK adequacy. My comments are interspersed.
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Comments on Tene’s quick notes on UK GDPR consultation
Comments on Omer Tene’s quick notes on the UK GDPR reform consultation, focusing mainly on the implications for data transfers and more in particular for onward transfers of personal data first transferred from the EU/EEA to the UK under the recently adopted EU Commission GDPR adequacy decision on the UK.
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Amid the spying by EU Member States’ intelligence agencies, is EU law silent?
I have been thinking further about the implications in terms of the GDPR of undue access to personal data on EU persons (and others) by EU Member States’ intelligence agencies. I believe that the Court’s recognition of the regrettable “hole” in the Treaties need not be the end in this regard. In this draft paper, I discuss my line of reasoning.
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Personal data transfers from the EU/EEA to Israel & the Occupied Territories
This opinion, prepared for the European Middle East Project, seeks to contribute to discussions about the future of personal data flows between the EU and Israel and the Occupied Territories (OTs).
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Exchanges of personal data after the Schrems II judgment
Delighted to see the European Parliament has published our new study on exchanges of personal data after the Schrems II judgment after several months of research. Our key findings are below, but there is a wealth of information in the 120 pages of the report!
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Greens/EFA webinar on interoperability
Thanks to the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament for organising this great webinar yesterday — Tech your pick: Beating the giants with interoperability.
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A standardisation section for the Digital Markets Act
A technical standards section for the Digital Markets Act, for any interested MEPs or Member States (or trilogue!)
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Did Lisbon’s mayor break the GDPR by handing data of anti-Kremlin activists to the Russian Embassy?
Lisbon’s mayor, Fernando Medina, has faced severe criticism since his officials sent information about organisers of an anti-Kremlin demonstration to the Russian embassy in Lisbon. Did the Lisbon council break the GDPR by doing so?
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Initial comments on the EU Commission’s final GDPR adequacy decision on the UK
Yesterday, I was sent the EU Commission final draft adequacy decisions on the UK. This post contains my first thoughts on the GDPR adequacy decision.
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What can the Digital Markets Act do for EU Culture and Education?
This morning I was pleased to give evidence to the European Parliament’s culture and education committee (CULT) rapporteur in a hearing on the Digital Markets Act. Here are my notes.
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