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Freedom of media and data protection:

Don’t be fooled by the journalistic exemption (Medienprivileg) – in the end it’s all about the balance of interests! Data privacy and journalism can sometimes be at odds. While data protection seeks…

Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Katharina-Sophia Rieger, Tanja Pfleger

Belgian Constitutional Court judges that interested third parties should have a right to appeal decisions of the Data Protection Authority

On 12 January 2023, the Belgian Constitutional Court judged that Article 108 of the Law on the establishment of the Data Protection Authority is unconstitutional because it does not grant interested…

Author(s): Irem Güzel, Satya Staes Polet

  • data protection
  • data
  • litigation
  • gdpr

Life sciences - what to expect in 2023

We anticipate a year of reserved optimism in the life sciences industry for 2023. Despite uncertain financial markets and pricing challenges in the US, we expect an uptick in transactional activity,…

Author(s): Adam Golden, Harriet Hanks

Naming and shaming? The UK ICO is now naming most organisations it investigates

In recent months the UK’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has begun publishing data sets naming organisations that have been subject to reprimands, complaints,…

Author(s): Giles Pratt, Rachael Annear, Adam Gillert

  • cyber security
  • data
  • data protection
  • gdpr
  • ico
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • tech media and telecoms

Freshfields Fintech: our predictions for 2023

As we did in 2021 and 2022, we've crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the Freshfields Fintech team, with a couple of longer-term trends for fun. So you can skip ahead…

Author(s): Claire Harrop, Cyrus Pocha

EU court strengthens individual rights for information on recipients of personal data

A recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) placed an increased burden on companies dealing with data subject access requests (DSARs) under the General Data Protection…

Author(s): Hendrik Witt, Michael Schwaab

  • data
  • data protection
  • gdpr

Cryptoassets and tax: an international snapshot

The taxation of cryptoassets is far from straightforward. Even if we assume that most tax authorities ultimately want to replicate the tax treatment of equivalent traditional assets, there are a…

Author(s): Brin Rajathurai, Cyrus Pocha

  • blockchain
  • cryptocurrency
  • digital payment
  • tax

China: one step closer to understanding ‘important data’ and ‘core data’

The National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee (TC260) released a draft guidance document in Q4, 2022 giving direction to government departments and sectoral regulators on…

Author(s): Richard Bird

  • asia-pacific
  • cyber security
  • data
  • data protection
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