On July 4, 2025, a non-paper from the Danish government signaled an intention to propose a targeted revision of the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive to reduce the compliance burden on companies and ensure their competitiveness. Denmark recently assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and will be in a privileged position to shape EU policymaking for the next six months. Amending the GDPR forms part of the Danish presidency program. During this period, the European Commission is also expected to publish a fitness check on EU digital legislation, along with a digital omnibus package (see our previous blog here).Continue Reading Denmark Proposes GDPR and ePrivacy Directive Revision
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EU Commission Announces New SCCs for International Transfers to Non-EU Controllers and Processors Subject to the GDPR
On September 12, 2024, the European Commission announced that it will launch a public consultation on additional standard contractual clauses for international transfers of personal data to non-EU controllers and processors that are subject to the EU GDPR extra-territorially (“Additional SCCs”), something that has been promised by the European Commission…
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On October 26, 2023, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) decided that the GDPR grants a patient the right to obtain a copy of his or her medical record free of charge (case C-307/22, FT v DW). As a result, the CJEU held that a provision under German…
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