by Gerald Trieb// The CJEU recently ruled on case C-154/21 concerning the right of access. The preliminary ruling proceedings were initiated by the Austrian Supreme Court; it asked in essence, whether Art 15 (1) (c) GDPR confers a right to…

by Tea Mustać and Peter Hense // It is no secret that Europeans take their privacy very seriously, up to the point where it may seem illogical or even cause frustration in the population. So, for example, a burglar can…

by Behrang Raji// The European Commission presented a proposal for a “Directive on AI Liability” (COM(2022) 496 final) (hereinafter “AI Liability Directive”) in September 2022. The new directive clarifies liability issues in connection with AI systems. It complements the Product…

by Matthias Horn// On 7th October US President Biden signed an Executive Order called “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (E.O.)”. The E.O. is the first concrete legal step of the US Government to address the challenges on…

by Toshihiro Wada// The Supreme Court of Japan (SCJ) adjudicated for the first time on the deletion of tweets on Twitter which referred to the arrest of a specific individual.1 This article describes the new judgment of the SCJ. A.…

by Barbara Schmitz // The economic significance of data-driven business models is obvious. The European Data Strategy estimates that the data economy will be worth EUR 829 billion in 2025. This would mean that the value would have almost tripled…

by Christina Etteldorf// With the publication of the text reflecting the final agreement between the EU legislative bodies on the Digital Markets Act (DMA)1, we now have a pretty clear picture of what the regulation of so-called gatekeepers to protect…

by Gerald Trieb und Roman Haller// The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has recently issued guidelines on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR for public consultation. Therein, a five-step process is presented, according to which the calculation of…

//by Xavier Seguí López// In regard to the January 2022 resolution of the EDPS against the European Parliament about the use of third-party analytical Cookies (Google Analytics) on its website about Covid-19 (https://europarl.ecocare.center/), I am going to discuss the current…

//by Else Khoury// Since the introduction of the GDPR in 2018, countries around the world have scrambled to update their privacy laws. The obvious reason for doing so is to ensure that their own privacy laws are equivalent to the…