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The EU General Court reiterates the relative nature of personal data definitions

Personal data is a relative concept, EU General Court stresses in a new judgment – “it is necessary to put oneself in [the relevant organisation’s] position in order to determine whether the information transmitted to it relates to �identifiable persons�. The judgment reaffirms the conditional findings of the CJEU in its Breyer judgment (which found […]

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Key lessons from Italy’s temporary ban on OpenAI and ChatGPT processing

The news from Italy and its temporary limitation of the processing by OpenAI of personaldata of Italian residents (re chatgpt and more) begs a few questions: 1) Did they just order that without prior contact? 2) Did they consider the OpenAI “privacy policy” – which I can see easily on the login/sign-up screen – was […]

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How to build effective AI governance structures on top of your existing GDPR framework

Very good piece by Kristin Johnston on aigovernance and in particular how to start the process. One recommendation – building AI governance on top of existing privacy processes – is very relevant but you have to be careful about how you implement it. The key challenge is making sure it can be sufficiently distinct as […]

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Spotting a critical translation shift in an Advocate General opinion on privacy

Stunned to notice, while re-reading an important Opinion by an Advocate General to advise a client, that when he says “According to the case-law of the Court of Justice [of the European Union]”, he is actually quoting non-binding regulatory opinions (not from the CJEU) and only one CJEU judgment that doesn’t even come close to […]

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How the CJEU defines the objectively indispensable threshold for contract performance

Objectively indispensable”, that’s how the CJEU describes the threshold for processing of personaldata to be necessary for performance (or conclusion) of a contract under Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In its new Meta judgment (case 252/21), the Court of Justice examined many points of law, but it may be useful to other organisations to look at paragraphs […]

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