The protection of personal data is one of the fundamental rights and must not be forgotten in today’s difficult situation. At the same time, it is not an absolute right and other fundamental rights are opposed to it, including the right to health protection and freedom of enterprise, explains our partner Mihkel Miidla. Read more […]
Your postman might know too much about you – but if so, it risks 18 million euros. This was the fine issued on 23 October by the Austrian Data Protection agency (‘the Agency’) for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) committed by the Austrian postal service, Österreichische Post AG (Austrian Post). This institution, […]
A pre-checked checkbox does not constitute consent which a website user must give for storage of and access to cookies on their equipment. Therefore companies need to change their current practice. This was the conclusion reached by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment in Case C-673/17 Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und […]