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Did Lisbon’s mayor break the GDPR by handing data of anti-Kremlin activists to the Russian Embassy?

Posted on 17 June 202117 June 2021 by Douwe Korff

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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GDPR, Surveillance
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Initial comments on the EU Commission’s final GDPR adequacy decision on the UK

Posted on 17 June 202123 June 2021 by Douwe Korff

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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Adequacy, Brexit, GDPR, Surveillance
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What can the Digital Markets Act do for EU Culture and Education?

Posted on 19 May 202119 May 2021 by Ian Brown

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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Competition, Interoperability, Legislation
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How not to digitise property transfer bureaucracy

Posted on 29 April 20217 May 2021 by Ian Brown

Spanish property-buying bureaucracy is a wonderful example of how NOT to digitise government processes.

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Digitisation, Spain
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Floundering on the Rock(s) of data protection

Posted on 26 April 202126 April 2021 by Douwe Korff

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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Adequacy, GDPR, Legislation
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Transfers of personal data from the EU… not a “Mission Impossible”

Posted on 22 April 202122 April 2021 by Douwe Korff

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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Adequacy, Judgment, Legislation
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Aventuras en el gobierno electrónico

Posted on 21 April 202122 April 2021 by Ian Brown

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

Posted on 29 March 202130 March 2021 by Ian Brown

Who killed broad #interoperability requirements in the @EU_Commission #DigitalMarketsAct?

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Competition, Interoperability, Legislation
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The inadequacy of the EU Commission’s Draft GDPR Adequacy Decision on the UK

Posted on 3 March 20213 March 2021 by Douwe Korff

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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Adequacy
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UK adequacy, international transfers, and human rights compliance

Posted on 2 February 20212 February 2021 by Douwe Korff

Has the European Court of Human Rights fully considered the UK’s surveillance practices? And is the ICO taking adequate steps to protect European data against them?

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Adequacy
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