European Union News

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The EDPB says discreet recording, unclear signals and connected services create transparency, accountability and rights risks for users and bystanders.

13 October 2026 Guidance

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The EDPB proposed a common five-step method for deciding whether to fine and finalised guidance on the interaction between the DSA and GDPR.

21 September 2026 Guidance

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The European Group on Ethics urged the EU to treat neurodata and related inferences as specially protected data and assess whether existing GDPR, AI and product rules adequately govern neuro-AI systems.

8 September 2026 Policy

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A joint EU study identifies 10 emerging technologies and calls for skills, forensic capacity and governance that balance access to electronic evidence with privacy rights.

8 September 2026 Research

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A 3 September Council compromise text addresses pseudonymised data and cookie-consent exemptions, but remains a negotiating document rather than EU law.

3 September 2026 Policy

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The Advocate General considered broad Belgian traffic and location-data retention disproportionate while outlining strict technical conditions that could affect future retention regimes.

3 September 2026 Judgment

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The Court held that EU law does not require disclosure of all public-company shareholders and that unrestricted online access to their personal data is disproportionate.

3 September 2026 Judgment

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Member States may publish names and sanction details, but the controller must balance interests, limit duration and allow a preventive DPA complaint.

14 July 2026 Judgment

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Making unedited public criminal-conviction documents available online for payment is not automatically journalistic processing under GDPR Article 85.

9 July 2026 Judgment

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New draft guidance addresses when data are anonymous and the GDPR conditions for AI web scraping, while the blockchain guidance became final.

8 July 2026 Guidance

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The Court held that judges must comply with the GDPR when processing third-party data, while unlawful collection does not automatically make the evidence unusable under EU law.

18 June 2026 Judgment

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The Court addressed how GDPR Articles 77 and 79 operate in parallel and how national procedure must manage the risk of contradictory decisions.

18 June 2026 Judgment

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The common form aims to reduce fragmented notification practices and make cross-border GDPR breach reporting more consistent.

10 June 2026 Guidance

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The Board resolved an Article 65 dispute concerning Belgian public broadcaster VRT, requiring the competent authority to align its final action with the binding decision.

28 May 2026 Enforcement

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Guidelines 1/2026 propose six indicators for scientific research and address legal bases, special-category data, transparency and data-subject rights.

16 April 2026 Guidance

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The common template is designed to improve consistency and provide a practical structure for assessing high-risk processing under GDPR Article 35.

14 April 2026 Guidance

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The Court held that Article 15 access may be refused under Article 12(5) where the sole purpose is to manufacture a damages claim, subject to proof by the controller.

19 March 2026 Judgment

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The joint opinion supports targeted simplification but warns that parts of the proposal affecting GDPR, ePrivacy and the EU data acquis could reduce protection or legal certainty.

11 February 2026 Policy

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The Grand Chamber held that an Article 65 EDPB binding decision was directly challengeable by WhatsApp, setting aside the General Court's inadmissibility order.

10 February 2026 Judgment

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The Commission found Brazil provides an adequate level of protection, enabling personal data to flow from the EEA without additional transfer safeguards.

26 January 2026 Regulation

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Recommendations 1/2026 update the approval application and required principles for processor BCRs under GDPR Article 47.

19 January 2026 Guidance