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The free movement of personal data within the Union shall be neither restricted nor prohibited for reasons connected with the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.
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- Guidelines 09/2020 on relevant and reasoned objection under Regulation 2016/679
- EDPB- EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2025 on the Proposal for a Regulation on simplification measures for SMEs and SMCs, in particular the record-keeping obligation under Art. 30(5) GDPR
- Opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Directive amending Directives (EU) 2016/2341 and 2016/97 as regards the strengthening of the framework for occupational retirement provision
- Privacy International v Secretary of State
- EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework (
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- Guidelines 01/2023 on Article 37 Law Enforcement Directive
- EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 04/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse
- EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space
- EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 2/2022 on the Proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)
- Statement 05/2021 on the Data Governance Act in light of the legislative developments
- Proceedings brought by Ministerio Fiscal
- Tele2 Sverige AB v Post- och telestyrelsen and Secretary of State for the Home Department v Tom Watson and Others
- Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Amazon EU Sàrl
- W. P. Willems and Others v Burgemeester van Nuth and Others
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Guidelines 01/2022 data subject rights - Right of access Apr 17, 2023 Right of Access Personal Data Right to Rectification
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Guidelines 5/2019 criteria of the Right to be Forgotten in the search engines cases under the GDPR (part 1) Jul 7, 2020 Right to be Forgotten Personal Data Right to Rectification
Guidelines 1/2020 processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications Guidelines on processing of personal data through video devices Jan 28, 2020 Personal Data Privacy by Design & Default Processing