The data protection regime in 2021 was an anchor in the immediate reality, especially on the Internet, but also in the offline activities of controllers and data subjects. This report highlights the some of the most important elements regarding the institutional developments, the sanctioning regime and the commentary of a judgment of the Court of Justice, being provided recent bibliographical sources in the matter of reference.

In C-645/19 Facebook Ireland Ltd and Others v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, the Court confirmed that only the lead Data Protection Authority can act against a controller, another supervisory authority can only initiate proceedings against a controller, provided that this power is exercised in one of the limited situations where the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 confers a competence to adopt a final decision, and provided that the cooperat...

The year 2020 was an important one for data protection and cybersecurity, first of all as a result of the intervention of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, a context that made it difficult for authorities, data controllers, data subjects, but also boosted the use of the Internet. Using applications increases the risk of data security breaches. The authors propose a useful radiograph to practitioners, but also to the...

The use of personal data is inevitable in any human activity, and, even more so, in educational, didactic activity. The teacher-student relationship subscribes not only to rules on education but also to compliance with national and European regulations. This is the main relationship established in education, but education is an equation with many factors and even more unknowns. The entry into force and implementation of the General Regu...