Professor Steve Peers, University of EssexIntroductionIt’s not certain, at time of writing, whether the Brexit withdrawal agreementwill be approved or not. But the UK Parliament
is about to vote again on the issue, following the recent agreement on a new version of the agreement – with a revised Protocol on the Irish border (for a full [...]
Professor Steve Peers, University of EssexWith a revised version of the Brexit withdrawal agreementnow on the table, this is an opportune time to update my previous blog posts
on the first version of the withdrawal agreement. The first analysis was an overviewof the revised agreement, and this blog post (updating my spring 2018 post) concerns [...]
By Theodore Christakis [1] I. Introduction: The Need to Unpack the Long-Awaited UK-US Data Sharing Agreement After four years of negotiations surrounded by secrecy, the United
Kingdom and the United States finally released on October 7, 2019, the text of their Data-sharing agreement aiming to facilitate the cross-border access to electronic [...]
By Oliver Garner Introduction The EU (Withdrawal) (No.2) Act 2019 (‘The Extension Act’) was passed in September 2019 before the infamous unlawful prorogation of the UK
Parliament. The Act obliges the Prime Minister to request a further extension of the Article 50 period to 31 January 2020 in the event that no deal has been agreed, [...]
Call for Chapters: Personal Data Protection and Legal Developments in the European Union Deadline for proposal submissions: 18 October 2019. Conference “Judges in Utopia:
Civil Courts as European Courts” [...]
Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law, University of Essex Last week’s CJEU ruling in Planet49is an important Grand Chamber decision concerning the use of cookies and the
meaning of consent under the e-Privacy Directive in the light of the Data Protection Directive but also the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679)(GDPR). [...]
By Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna This blog was first published on pdpEcho and is reproduced here with the kind permission of the editor: pdpecho.com/2019/10/03/planet49-cjeu-judgment-brings-some-cookie-consent-certainty-to-planet-online-tracking/
Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union published its long-awaited judgment in the Planet49 case, referred by a German Court in proceedings initiated [...]
Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law, University of EssexThe last couple of weeks have seen a number of judgments relating to the control of information on the internet by
the subject of the information. The cases of GC et al(Case C-136/17) and Google v CNIL (Case C-507/17) concern the interpretation of General Data Protection Regulation [...]
By Maria Haag On 2 October 2019, the CJEU delivered an important decision, which clarifies the ‘sufficient resources’ condition of Article 7(1)(b) Directive 2004/38 and
simultaneously reinforces the right to free movement of Union citizens. [...]
Bartlomiej Kulpa, LLM (Twitter: @KulpaBart) IntroductionSince Boris Johnson took the helm as British Prime Minister, a no-deal Brexit has become the most likely scenario. The
UK-based financial services firms are waiting to hear if they will be able to serve clients in the EU 27, and if so, on what basis. [...]
