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Ireland: Non-material damages under GDPR – Irish law developments and the international approach

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Authors: Eilis McDonald; Marcus Walsh; John Magee; Gavin Woods; David Cook; Andreas Rüdiger The Irish Circuit Court has recently delivered an important judgment on non-material damages for infringement of the GDPR. The factors that he set out are: “Mere breach” of the GDPR is not sufficient to warrant an award of compensation.

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GDPR: lawful bases for processing, with examples

IT Governance

First published June 2018. Under the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , you need to identify a lawful basis before processing personal data. Do you always need individuals’ consent to process their data? Lawfulness of processing under the GDPR. Last updated March 2020.

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German Federal Labor Court rules on the scope of the right to information under Art. 15 GDPR

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

15 GDPR grants a right to receive copies of e-mails. 15 GDPR not yet specified. 15 GDPR is highly disputed. 15 GDPR is always a challenge for employers due to the large amount of personal data available. 15 (3) GDPR concerning the employee in question. 15 (3) GDPR concerning the employee in question.

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Germany: First court decision on GDPR

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Only five days after the GDPR became applicable, the first German court, the Regional Court ( Landgericht ) Bonn (in a decision dated 29 May 2018, case number 10 O 171/18 – in German only), issued a ruling on the practical application of the GDPR. 5 (1) lit c) GDPR and therefore that EPAG is not obligated to collect such data.

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EDPB Releases Overview on the Implementation and Enforcement of the GDPR

Hunton Privacy

The Overview provides key statistics relating to the consistency mechanism among national data protection authorities (“DPAs”), the cooperation mechanism of the EDPB, the means and powers of the DPAs and enforcement of the GDPR at the national level. 23 DPAs reported an increase in their regulatory budgets for 2018-2019.

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Dutch DPA Publishes Post-GDPR Complaints Report

Hunton Privacy

On December 13, 2018, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (“ Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens ”) (the “Dutch DPA”) published a report on the complaints it has received since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became applicable on May 25, 2018 (the “Report”). Facts and Figures.

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Data Protection: Where’s the Brexit Privacy Dividend?

Data Protector

If the EU’s ‘level data protection playing field’ means continuing to fully implement all aspects of European data protection law, including all aspects of the two-year-old General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), then what was the point of Brexit? The GDPR has had a profound impact on many organisations.

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