Johanne Mersch

Articles - The GDPR is the single most important change in the data protection landscape since the 1995 Privacy Directive. It will have a profound impact on the way processing of personal data will be organized and how companies will prioritize the item of data processing on their corporate agenda. Companies involved in the processing of personal data having a connection with the EU will have no choice but to comply and respect the requirements.

Articles - On 13 May 2014 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) delivered a landmark ruling, the so-called “Google Spain Case” (“the Ruling”). Because this decision has generated several concerns and could have potentially led to Member States’ diverging application of this case-law, the European Commission (“the Commission”), followed by the Article 29 Working Party (“WP 29”), issued guidelines (“Guidelines”) on the matter.

Articles - Facebook uses “datr-cookies” to collect personal data of non-members. These datr-cookies are automatically installed on the browsers of non-members when they visit a Facebook.com webpage. Facebook also makes use of so-called “social plugins” on third-party websites, which allows internet users to use some of the functionalities offered by Facebook, such as “like”, “share”, or commenting on a webpage.

Articles - Working Party (“WP 29”) issued Working Document WP226. This document sets forth a co-operation procedure for issuing common opinions on contractual clauses that are considered compliant with the EC Model Clauses. Through this document the WP 29 wants to establish a more harmonized approach among the national data protection authorities (“DPAs”) throughout the multiple jurisdictions of Europe in approving EU Model Clauses.