This is an Executive Summary of the Opinion, the full text of which is also available from my SSRN page. It consists of a summary with a one-page “at a glance” overview of my findings and conclusions.Available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=4436951

The opinion seeks to contribute to discussions about the future of personal data flows between the European Union on the one hand and Israel and the Occupied Territories (OTs) on the other. In that context, it seeks to contribute to the review of the 2011 EU Adequacy Decision on Israel under the...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines reforms to the legal framework for the exchange of personal and other data between the EUand the USA that would be necessary...

This paper reproduces Part One of The DPO Handbook (SSRN publication 3428957) that provides guidance for data protection officers in the public and quasi-public sectors on how to ensure compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), written by...

This paper explains why for UK companies wishing to trade with the EU, a “No-Deal Brexit” is all “lose – lose” in data protection terms: they lose the advantages the GDPR grants to EU-based companies while still being required to comply with the stringent GDPR requirements, and while...

Modern information technologies have given governments an unprecedented ability to monitor our communications. This capability can be used to fight terrorism and serious crime through targeted surveillance that is proportionate and subject to judicial control. What we have witnessed, however -...

This is a Country Report (one of 27, on each of the EU Member States), prepared as the basis for a comparative analysis of the "crucial role [of the EU data protection authorities] with respect to the fundamental right of data protection," and encompasses a critical assessment of the...

This paper was produced in the context of the study on "New Challenges to Data Protection." commissioned by the European Commission. It contains charts reflecting the findings of Working Paper No. 2: Data Protection Laws in the EU: The difficulties in meeting the challenges posed by global...

This report is one of 11 country reports produced for the "New Challenges to Data Protection" study, commissioned by the European Commission, and describes the ways in which German data protection law addresses the challenges posed by the new social-technical-political environment described in...

This the second of two working papers produced for the "New Challenges to Data Protection" study, commissioned by the European Commission.This paper discusses the difficulties that arise if one tries to apply the main EC Directive on data protection (Directive 95/46/EC) and the data protection...