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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How not to digitise property transfer bureaucracy
Spanish property-buying bureaucracy is a wonderful example of how NOT to digitise government processes.
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Floundering on the Rock(s) of data protection
I looked a bit further into the data protection situation re: British Overseas Territory Gibraltar (EU-UK-GIB-Spain), which is quite intriguing
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Transfers of personal data from the EU… not a “Mission Impossible”
Contrary to comments from the European Commission, personal data transfers from the EU following the Schrems II judgment are not a mission impossible.
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Aventuras en el gobierno electrónico
Spain’s eID system is horrendously complex, even for someone with a PhD in the area who has researched the topic for several decades ?
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Digital Markets Act Interoperability Cluedo
Who killed broad #interoperability requirements in the @EU_Commission #DigitalMarketsAct?
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The inadequacy of the EU Commission’s Draft GDPR Adequacy Decision on the UK
The European Commission published last month its draft decision finding the UK’s data protection regime to be “adequate” in GDPR terms. It would be a serious mistake for the EU Member States (the GDPR Article 93 committee) to approve this decision.
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