24 June 2026
Strengthening Data Protection Resilience Against Geopolitical Threats
Geopolitical threats to data protection can arise in particular from armed conflicts and cyberattacks, and may involve disrupting the processing of personal data needed to deliver vital services, destroying public records and databases, and misusing data to facilitate human rights abuses. EU law is currently unprepared to protect data processing in case of a major crisis such as kinetic or cyber warfare. This requires action by the EU institutions and the data protection authorities, in particular under the EU GDPR. Continue reading >>
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23 March 2022
Legal Safeguards for the Volunteers of Ukraine’s Cyber Militia
What is the legal status of foreigners who enlist in Ukraine’s volunteer cyber militia? The Putin regime’s brutal invasion of Ukraine means that getting clarity on this question is a matter of urgency. However, more broadly, this is a question that will remain important for future conflicts if we do not properly engage with it now. Continue reading >>
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05 November 2020
Serious Cyberattack Raises Questions About GDPR Application in Finland
After the personal data of thousands of patients was hacked from a privately-run psychotherapy centre in Finland, blackmailers are threatening to publish the data unless they receive a ransom. Because of the seriousness of this data breach, the case is likely to become a landmark in Finnish data protection law and a Europe-wide reference point for the application of GDPR rules in data breach situations. Continue reading >>
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