On 26 April 2022, the ECJ ruled in Case C-401/19 that the disputed Art. 17(4)(b) and Art. 17(4)(c) last sentence of Directive (EU) 2019/790. c, last sentence, of Directive (EU) 2019/790, which regulates the use of so-called upload filters and which Poland sought to have annulled, does not violate the right to freedom of expression …
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Data protection: The Rise of the Privacy Shield
On July 12th 2016, the European Commission adopted the substitute for the Safe Harbor, the data protection agreement previously signed between the Commission and the United States Department of Commerce in 2010. This new agreement is referred to as the “Privacy Shield”. As a reminder of the present state, the European Union Court of Justice …
Open data – Definition, Process, Significance, Privacy
In July 2014, the Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics provided its entire database as open data to the public. The term ‘open data’ is loosely used in media reports and political debates, but what does the term open data actually mean? How is the process of providing data as open data developing? How significant are …