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The Role of Fundamental Rights

Fundamental rights surrounding privacy and data protection are key pillars of European law and referenced in court decisions. As an example, we will look at a decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the Data Retention Directive. Relatively recently there was a case regarding Sweden's implementation and interpretation of a prior ruling on data retention. Read the press release here (required reading):

Court of Justice of the European Union, PRESS RELEASE No 145/16, Luxembourg, 21 December 2016

Privacy Invasive Activities Despite the GDPR

While the GDPR offers stronger data protection there are a plethora of privacy-invasive activities that will not go away anytime soon. For example:

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