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DLA Piper GDPR and Data Breach Survey 2024

2023 was a record year for GDPR enforcement with aggregate fines increasing by more than 14% to EUR 1.78bn and a new record fine of EUR 1.2bn levied against Meta

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27/09/24
Markets in crypto-assets regulation (MiCA): The scope is in …

Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of …

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04/07/24
DORA implementation in Luxembourg

The Luxembourg law implementing certain aspects of the Digital Operational …

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Covid-19: Doing Business As Usual in a Paperless World – Legal Considerations on Digitally Compliant Documents…

The distancing measures imposed to address the spread of Covid-19 are not only affecting our social relations but are also disrupting the way we are u…

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CJEU renders important decision on the liability of online platforms in trade mark infringement cases

On 2 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered a judgment (C-567/18) clarifying the potential liability of Amazon and o…

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EU Copyright: lending out vehicles with radio receivers is not a “communication to the public”

On 2 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered a judgment (C-753/18) in which the much-discussed concept of “…

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Special serie COVID-19 - n°3 How to deal with GDPR aspects?

In the context of the difficult evolving situation in connection to COVID-19, most companies are currently facing unprecedented legal issues within th…

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Is electronic signature permitted for deal or fund closings (since paper signings are currently impractical)?

In Luxembourg, the rules on electronic signature and electronic agreements stem from the eIDAS Regulation 910/2014 (the “eIDAS Regulation”), as well a…

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COVID-19: Overview of Luxembourg supporting measures

The Covid-19 outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, causing unprece…

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Developments of the CJEU on the concept of “electronic communications service”

In two judgments issued during summer 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) provided guidance regarding the qualification of a ser…

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Liability of hosting service providers for defamation under e-Commerce Directive (Facebook)

On 3  October 2019, the CJEU made an important decision in case C-18/18 with respect to the liability of hosting service providers and whether th…

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Developments of the CJEU on the concept of “electronic communications service”

In two judgments issued during summer 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) provided certain guidance regarding the qualification …

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CSSF Updates on IT Outsourcing by Supervised Institutions

As regards IT outsourcing of material activities by credit institutions, investment firms and professionals performing lending operations under Circul…

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Facilitating patent applications: no formal requirements for transfer of priority rights

Recently the Court of Appeal of The Hague handed down an important decision on the issue of the transfer of priority rights under the European Patent …

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Cloud computing infrastructure

On 27 March 2019, the CSSF issued Circular 19/714 ("Circular") which amends CSSF Circular 17/654   on IT outsourcing relying …

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Les PropTech ont le vent en poupe mais ne sont pas dispensées du RGPD

La PropTech se définit comme la transformation du secteur de l’immobilier via des startups aux solutions innovantes (big data, objects connectés, déma…

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GDPR: CNPD Releases Black List of Processing Operations Subject to a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

Further to Article 35(4) and (6) GDPR, the competent supervisory authority, i.e. the CNPD in Luxembourg, must establish a list of the types of process…

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Consequences of Brexit in the sphere of international data transfers

The National Commission for Data Protection (“Commission nationale pour la protection des données”, or “CNPD”) recently published a report on the cons…

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La technologie Blockchain à l’aune du RGPD

Lors d’un panel qui s’est récemment tenu à Luxembourg sur le thème de l’art et de la finance, il a été l’occasion de revenir sur les mesures qui doive…

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Happy World Privacy Day 2019!

The CNPD (Commission Nationale pour la Protection des données, or “CNPD”) has, until now, adopted a cooperative approach with the entities requesting …

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Brexit and broadcasting: Luxembourg as the ideal gateway to provide audiovisual media services throughout the …

Since the UK Parliament has rejected the Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK on 15 January 2019, a so-called "no deal" scenario becomes a b…

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Update on the Implementation of Directive on Trade Secrets

Business secrets have long been poorly protected and difficult to defend compared to intellectual property rights (including patents, copyrights and t…

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Protection des données à caractère personnel et surveillance des salariés

Depuis le 25 mai 2018, le Règlement (UE) 2016/679 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 27 avril 2016 relatif à la protection des personnes physiques…

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