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DATA PROTECTION WEEKLY
Data Protection Weekly 17/2023
European Union EDPB: Chair and Deputy Chair candidates announced The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) held a plenary on April 26, 2023, during which candidates for the positions of EDPB Chair and Deputy Chair presented their candidacies. According to the GDPR, the Board elects one Chair and two Deputy Chairs from its members for a five-year term, renewable once. The Chair serves as the...
Data Protection Weekly 16/2023
European Union EDPB: Presentation of 2022 annual activity report On April 17, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) presented its 2022 Annual Activity Report. The report summarizes the EDPB's work in the past year, including results of a guidance review among stakeholders, and for the first time, a thematic digest featuring examples of final One-Stop-Shop decisions. Andrea Jelinek,...
Data Protection Weekly 15/2023
European Union EDPB resolves dispute on transfers by Meta and creates task force on Chat GPT During this week’s EDPB plenary session, the Board adopted a dispute resolution decision on the basis of Art. 65 GDPR concerning a draft decision of the Irish DPA on the legality of data transfers to the United States by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta IE) for its Facebook service. The Irish DPA...
Data Protection Weekly 14/2023
European Union CJEU: WhatsApp appeals General Court’s order dismissing case against EDPB WhatsApp Ireland Ltd has appealed the General Court's order in Case T-709/21, WhatsApp Ireland v European Data Protection Board (EDPB), which dismissed WhatsApp's action against the EDPB's decision on dispute resolution under Article 65 of the GDPR. The Court found that WhatsApp did not have standing to...
Data Protection Weekly 13/2023
European Union EDPS: Joins EDPB's Coordinated Enforcement Action on Data Protection Officers The EDPS announces its participation in the EDPB's Coordinated Enforcement Action on the role and tasks of DPOs, alongside 26 EU/EEA data protection authorities. Wojciech Wiewiórowski, EDPS, emphasized the importance of DPOs in ensuring compliance with data protection law within EU institutions (EUI)....
Data Protection Weekly 12/2023
European Union CJEU: The automated establishment of a probability concerning the ability of a person to service a loan constitutes profiling under the GDPR The advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union Priit Pikamäe has said that automated loan scoring, to determine an individual's probability to obtain a loan, constitutes profiling under the GDPR. The Advocate General also...
