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.

The processing of biometric data resulting from the illegal surveillance of employees at work is certainly one of the most common practices of operators, and the violation of the provisions established by art. 5 para. (1) lit. a) reported to art. 6 para. (1) of the General Data Protection Regulation must be strongly sanctioned. A last paradigmatic case is that of the operator Glove Technology SRL, a company specialized in consulting services, s...

Data protection (Art. 8), the right to life (Art. 2), the right to privacy (Art. 8) and the protection of health (Art. 35) are fundamental rights protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CDFUE) as well, and by similar or even identical provisions of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) primarily protects personal data, emph...

Data protection in Romania can be made in accordance with the status of the controller, meaning either public authority/body or private entity. Operators that are public authorities or bodies have specific rights and obligation, which sometimes are different from those of private entities. The national data protection authority shall have precise tasks with regard to public entities. All these provisions are laid down in national legis...

The Regulation no. 679/2016/EU stipulates the obligation for controller to respect the transparency principle in private data processing. In this material we explore not only the limits and practical consequences of the fore mentioned but also the relationship with the other principles.