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EDPB excluding R&D & product development from “scientific research” under the GDPR? “The results of the research are shared with other parties, for example by publication, or will be shared in the future, with due regard to legitimate limitations to access such as protection of intellectual property and trade secrets. (Newly published Guidelines 1/2026 on […]
What is the target audience of the EDPB’s DPIA template? Most who *need* to carry out DPIAs more often have their own templates/tools since 5-10 years. And does it anticipate the Digital Omnibus? Only in part, with the biggest work yet to come. Some comments: 1. On the issue of DPIA requirement screening, its section […]
EDPB stakeholder event write-up: From “no one wants political ads” to “political parties have to be able to reach their local audience”, today’s topic wasn’t very sexy (the “processing of personal data for the targeting or delivery of political advertisements”) but it still was a colourful event. No bar fight unlike some previous stakeholder events, […]
What is “political advertising” – or not? And when is it permitted? Scope creep beyond legislative intent is a real danger, a risk *everyone* should care about (even if you don’t think political ads concern you). The descriptively named “EU Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising” (“TTPA” for short) has two key aims: […]
Some key findings from the responses to the DMA-GDPR Interplay consultation, now made public by the Commission & EDPB: – Quite a few civil society responses are copies of one another. Going through the submissions, you’ll see many with identical titles (“uncompromised privacy”, “ensuring data portability is practical and secure”, …) and content. Fortunately there […]
The clear repudiation of an “absolute” concept of personal data has thrown a sharp focus on the process of pseudonymisation in the world of data protection. Through its SRB judgment of 4 September 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) made it clear that personal data that has undergone pseudonymisation can be […]
Is “personal data” an asset? A study on human dignity & data protection has been released that on paper sounds like it should cover all the key topics. Its authors argue that individuals are “the primary right-holders in relation to the processing of their personal data” and that these “are dignity-relevant manifestations of the person […]
Interesting study on where human dignity and data protection come together, worth the read. I’m not convinced by some parts, though, as there is too much room left for subjectivity in the way certain things are worded. The authors suggest 7 guiding principles, but of particular interest to me were their suggested 6 limits to […]
Some thoughts on the leaked EU Council draft compromise re the GDPR parts of the Digital Omnibus: – This draft reads as a major lobbying win by data protection authorities and civil society. The EDPB would be given more power, the Commission no supervision, and a lot of the more business-friendly proposals would be removed […]
[This is a translation of an op-ed in French that was published in the French journal Revue Politique on SRB and the Digital Omnibus, plus the newest EDPB & EDPS Joint Opinion on the topic. The original in French can be found on the Revue Politique website. + The banner image is a jest – […]
