Data protection and digital competition

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.

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.

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 ?

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?

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.

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?