News and Research articles on GDPR

Before and after GDPR: tracking in mobile apps

Konrad Kollnig, University of Oxford
Reuben Binns, University of Oxford
Max Van Kleek, University of Oxford
Jun Zhao, University of Oxford
Ulrik Lyngs, University of Oxford
Claudine Tinsman, University of Oxford
Nigel Shadbolt, University of Oxford
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Dec 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.4.1611

Has the GDPR changed privacy in apps? We study how third-party tracking—a common privacy threat—has changed since the GDPR was introduced.

Personal data ordering in context: the interaction of meso-level data governance regimes with macro frameworks

Balázs Bodó, University of Amsterdam
Kristina Irion, University of Amsterdam
Heleen Janssen, University of Amsterdam
Alexandra Giannopoulou, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.3.1581

This article assesses the bidirectional interaction between meso- and macro-level data governance frameworks.

Safeguarding European values with digital sovereignty: an analysis of statements and policies

Huw Roberts, University of Oxford
Josh Cowls, University of Oxford
Federico Casolari, University of Bologna
Jessica Morley, University of Oxford
Mariarosaria Taddeo, University of Oxford
Luciano Floridi, University of Oxford
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.3.1575

This paper is part of Governing “European values” inside data flows , a special issue of Internet Policy Review guest-edited by Kristina Irion, Mira Burri, Ans Kolk, Stefania Milan. Introduction Governments’ interest in the “datafied society” (Hintz et al., 2018) as an object of policy and regulation is nothing new, with a long-held recognition

Transnational collective actions for cross-border data protection violations

Federica Casarosa, European University Institute
PUBLISHED ON: 16 Sep 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.3.1498

Although the GDPR paves the way for a coordinated EU-wide legal action against data protection infringements, only a reform of private international law rules can enhance the opportunities of data subjects to enforce their rights.

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Harnessing the collective potential of GDPR access rights: towards an ecology of transparency

René L. P. Mahieu, Delft University of Technology
Jef Ausloos, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 06 Jul 2020

The European Commission recently released its first review of two years of application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). René Mahieu and Jef Ausloos do not agree with the largely positive self-assessment and explain their main points of contention by summarising their own submission to the Commission.

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