The Belgian Data Protection Authority just published a “cookie checklist” with its position on a number of issues regarding cookies. I’m attaching an unofficial machine translation (losing lots of its layout too), but here are some first thoughts: – Some of these topics might be subject to litigation, so while they may reflect the newest […]
Quick reminder ahead of next week’s adoption by the EDPB of its (revised?) ePrivacy guidelines – here are the links to my in-depth critique of the version that was published for public consultation: Part I (competence): https://lnkd.in/egwqt-mf Part II (content): https://lnkd.in/ehdihkSM Plus some of the feedback on those guidelines: – Submission on behalf of certain […]
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1.000 registered – and counting. The “Future of User Consent” webinar of 24 Sept., where I am speaking alongside Max Schrems of noyb.eu, Romain Gauthier of Didomi and Willy Mikalef of Bird & Bird looks set to have a broad range of attendees. On the agenda are some of the top data protection, GDPR, ePrivacy […]
Really interesting hearing this morning at the CJEU, with a few pointed questions from the judges. Always a privilege to present legal and technical explanations to the Court of Justice! gdpr data protection
Panel I’m moderating at RAID: EDPB Chair Anu Talus, Luxembourg CNPD President Tine A. Larsen, Deputy Head of Data Protection Unit at the Commission’s DG Justice Karolina Mojzesowicz, MEP Brando Benifei and Gibson Dunn Partner Ahmed Baladi. Topic: “Making Tech Legislation Work in Practice Time: noon CET on Tuesday 24 September Key topics: – What […]
The Belgian DPA’s newest rejection of a NOYB complaint for reasons of fictional mandates (yes, again) is a must-read for both complainants (or complainant organisations) and controllers/processors who receive complaints from representative organisations. Summary: “The method by which the complaint at the initiative of the representative seeks to raise a general predetermined practice, by addressing […]
No “reject all” button? Different colours in a cookie banner? Belgian DPA orders a change, based on “dark pattern” allegations and lack of freely given consent. Readers know I have my doubts on this, due because “in the physical world” we are led to make choices all the time based on product colours (some of […]
In today’s EU Official Journal, new questions submitted to the CJEU: What is “necessary” for performance of a contract under the GDPR, and can customary business practices be taken into account in this assessment? In languages such as French where gender traditionally has an influence on many words in a sentence and also on how […]
[Slide upload:] On Monday, at the invitation of the Belgian DPA’s Litigation Chamber, I spoke about key themes of the Litigation Chamber’s decisions over the past 5 years and about both the positive improvements in maturity of those decisions and the challenges resulting from the lack of appeals against certain decisions (leading to the creation […]