The GDPR is being hollowed out — for who, and why?
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The GDPR is being hollowed out — for who, and why?
Since 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation has been a global standard. Now the EU’s flagship data protection law is under attack. A new EU Commission proposal to ‘simplify’ the GDPR may look narrow and technical. But it could open the floodgates for a significant unravelling of the EU’s own rulebook.
Download our GDPR/DATA newsletter No. 71 NEWS The CNIL's review of sanctions and corrective measures for 2024. On February 5, 2025, the CNIL published its review of sanctions and corrective measures for 2024. This shows an increase in the number of formal notices and sanctions. Read the article Sending a package to the wrong recipient is a breach of data confidentiality. The Spanish supervisory authority has sanctioned a carrier who delivered a …
European Data Protection Board puts blockchain at a GDPR crossroads
Blockchain is ‘simply a technology like any other’, according to the European Data Protection Board, and so it is not exempt from privacy laws. This stance, reiterated in the board’s April 2025 guidelines, has put public blockchains on a collision course with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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