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17/01/25
Entry into application of DORA today

On 15 January 2025, the CSSF published a communiqué as a reminder of the en…

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17/01/25
DORA goes live: the steps that you need to take

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”) becomes applicable as from …

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The Commission's US Safe Harbour Decision invalidated by the CJEU

On 6 October 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter CJEU) rendered a major decision by reaffirming the importance of the protectio…

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Data transfers to the US: the European Court of Justice declares that the EU Commission’s Safe Harbour Decisio…

The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) provides that European companies may transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area i…

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Going paperless with the adoption of the e-archiving law in Luxembourg

The law on electronic archiving ("Law") was voted through by the Luxembourg parliament on 2 July 2015, offering market niches for new tech companies a…

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Data transfer to US – Safe Harbour scheme declared invalid

The Court of Justice, by its judgment on 6 October 2015 in case C-362/14, declared invalid the US Safe Harbour scheme which provides for personal data…

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Data Proctection: US Safe Harbour invalid - time to weigh anchor

In its judgment of 6 October 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the so-called Safe Harbour Decision of the European Commissi…

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Confidentiality Agreements Are Not Data Processing Agreements

Companies often rely on third parties to manage their websites, host databases, maintain their IT infrastructure, organize marketing campaigns, etc.

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Luxembourg Joins The Unified Patent Court System That Goes Hand In Hand With The Creation Of The European Pate…

Luxembourg has adopted the law that approves the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the “Agreement”) on 12 April 2015, about two years after the sig…

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Are Your Website's Social Plugins Privacy Compliant?

Social plugins such as Facebook's Like button and Twitter's Tweet button are very popular as they allow sites to extend their reach and increase their…

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Copyright issues on the internet in light of European international private law

In a recent judgment dated 22 January 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that the competent court for breach of copyright…

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Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as the new digital Hub

October 2014, Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Media, Xavier Bettel, presented the so-called "Digital Letzebuerg" in the…

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EU – New Unitary Patent

To recap, the European Parliament, after many years of discussion, voted positively on 11 December 2012 on two draft EU Regulations on a unitary paten…

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EU – Revision of the EU rules on copyrights

Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rig…

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Luxembourg – Creation of the Luxembourg Institute of Intellectual Property

Luxembourg's government has for several years expressed its strong intention to solidify and expand Luxembourg as a key player in the field of Intelle…

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EU – No copyright infringement when using embedding or hyperlinking for freely available works

The CJEU rendered two important decisions regarding the embedded linking of copyright protected work and on the scope of legitimate hyperlinking.

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The Luxembourg Administrative Court rules on the IP Income Tax Regime: a call for a prior assessment of eligib…

In the framework of the Lisbon strategy for growth and employment in the EU, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg added Article 50bis to the Income Tax Act 1…

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New Law to Promote Luxembourg Audiovisual Projects

Luxembourg's audiovisual environment was formerly mainly focused on broadcasting activities and has been diversified with the creation of infrastructu…

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The Luxembourg E-Archiving Law Proposal Revisited 

On 20 October 2014, an amended version of the much anticipated Luxembourg E-Archiving Law Proposal (see our newsflash on the initial Proposal of 13 Fe…

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New EU Data Protection Guidance on the Internet of Things

The EU's main data protection body, the Article 29 Working Party, recently published an Opinion on the application of European data protection rules t…

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Luxembourg launches data protection association

The Luxembourg data protection association called l'Association pour la protection des données (the APDL) was officially launched on 11 March 2014.

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Data theft – Supreme Court decision of 3 April 2014

The Cour de cassation, Luxembourg's highest court in civil and criminal matters, rendered an important decision on 3 April 2014 regarding data theft.

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