By: Heidi Waem, Simon Verschaeve

Data is at the heart of the EU’s digital and green transformation, which are the two priorities of the European Commission.

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adopted in 2016, the EU has created a solid framework for the protection of personal data in line with the EU…
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The government has launched its first ‘Government Cyber Security Strategy – Building a Cyber Resilient Public Sector’ (“Strategy”), outlining how central government and the public sector will ensure that public services can function in the face of growing cyber threats. The Strategy aims to ‘step up the country’s cyber resilience …
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The Austrian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) has recently published its decision concerning the use of Google Analytics. The DPA held that the use of Google Analytics (“GA”) on a website operated by an Austrian company (“Company”), which involved a transfer of personal data to Google LLC in the US…

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