The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is an independent advisory body, established by the GDPR, that issues guidelines, recommendations, and best practices for the application of the GDPR.
At its Third Plenary on September 26, the EDPB adopted new draft guidelines on the GDPR’s territorial scope.
These guidelines should help provide a common interpretation of…
On June 12, Belgium’s Parliament published a draft law on the “protection of natural persons with regard to processing of personal data.”
The draft – comprising 280 Articles – has three objectives:
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On 10 January, the Belgian Gazette published the Law of 3 December 2017 “setting up the authority for data protection” (the Law).
The Law is the first legal text in Belgium applying various provisions of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Under the GDPR, EEA Member States must provide for one or more independent…
In its judgment of January 26, the European Court interpreted EU rules on jurisdiction in a dispute referred from the Austrian Supreme Court between a ‘consumer’ – Maximilian Schrems – and Facebook Ireland Limited.
The Court would not accept the consumer’s choice of forum for a class-action type proceeding and held that, when interpreting EU…
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply to businesses operating in the EU from 25 May 2018 – in 100 days’ time.
Senior Commissioners Ansip (Digital Single Market) and Jourová (Justice) yesterday announced guidelines and other materials to “facilitate a direct and smooth application of the new data protection rules across the EU…
