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If the purposes for which a controller processes personal data do not or do no longer require the identification of a data subject by the controller, the controller shall not be obliged to maintain, acquire or process additional information in order to identify the data subject for the sole purpose of complying with this Regulation.
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- CJEU Bara: national law cannot excuse controller's duty to inform data subjects of
- Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access
- Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement
- One Way Private Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
- Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research
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- Joint Guidelines on the Interplay between the Digital Markets Act and the General Data Protection Regulation
- 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
- EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework (
- Rb. Noord-Holland - AWB-20 2618
- EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2023 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
- EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2021 on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)
- X v Russmedia Digital SRL and Inform Media Press SRL
- Amazon EU Sàrl, venant aux droits de Amazon Services Europe Sàrl v European Commission
- Ligue des droits humains ASBL v Conseil des ministres
- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV
- État luxembourgeois v B and Others
- Peter Puškár v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky and Kriminálny úrad finančnej správy
- Safe Interenvios, SA v Liberbank, SA and Others
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 7 November 2013.#Institut professionnel des agents immobiliers (IPI) v Geoffrey Englebert and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium).#Processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 10 and 11 — Obligation to inform — Article 13(1)(d) and (g) — Exceptions — Scope of exceptions — Private detectives acting for the supervisory body of a regulated profession — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 15(1).#Case C‑47
- EDPB - Binding Decision 1/2026
- European Commission v Hungary
- Icelandic DPA: City of Reykjavik cannot request bank statements from NPA disabled service
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