Automated Decisions: How is the GDPR being implemented? Legal Watch No. 47 – May 2022 Automated Decisions: How is the GDPR being implemented? On May 17, the Future of Privacy Forum published an extensive report on the issue of automated decisions. This report analyzes more than 70 documents […]

DSA – DMA: Two Pillars of the European Digital Strategy. Legal Watch No. 46 – April 2022 DSA – DMA: Two Pillars of the European Digital Strategy. Since the conclusion of a political agreement during the night of April 22 to 23, the DSA or Digital Services Act has been the subject of numerous comments in the […]

Analytical tools: the impact of a court decision – and intelligence services – on our websites. Legal Watch No. 44 – February 2022 Analytical tools: the impact of a court decision – and intelligence services – on our websites. The “Schrems II” ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union was already, […]

Sensitive data and special categories of data: six of one and half a dozen of the other? Legal Watch No. 43 – January 2022 Sensitive data and special categories of data: six of one and half a dozen of the other? When processing data relating to health, political or religious opinions, the qualification that immediately comes to mind […]

A new year under the sign of expectation Legal Watch No. 42 – December 2021 A new year under the sign of expectation In terms of data protection, the year that begins does not herald any major new developments but an evolution and perhaps strategic decisions concerning certain current issues. Let us focus on three of them: the […]

The lifecycle of personal data Legal Watch No. 41 – November 2021 The lifecycle of personal data. Among the obligations provided for by the GDPR, there is one that can quickly turn into a headache for the data controller, despite its seemingly innocuous nature: it is the […]

The CLOUD Act and European businesses: what scope of application? Legal Watch No. 40 – October 2021 The CLOUD Act and European businesses: what scope of application? The dematerialization of data and their storage in the “clouds” have fundamental, and complex, consequences for the obligations of businesses. Even when stored […]

Controller and subcontractor: who is liable? Legal Watch No. 39 – September 2021 Controller and subcontractor: who is liable? Many data controllers use subcontractors, whether for human resources management, advertising targeting, or data security. […]

WhatsApp Decision: End of impunity for GAFAM in Europe? Legal Watch No. 38 – August 2021 WhatsApp Decision: End of impunity for GAFAM in Europe? We echoed in a previous news item the difficulties of agreement at the European level concerning the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation […]

Pegasus – Spyware Challenges the Law. Legal Watch No. 37 – July 2021 Pegasus – Spyware Challenges the Law. In July, the Pegasus project revealed the unprecedented surveillance impact of Israeli spyware that can listen to and extract data from smartphones running iOS or Android. […]