Dead Ringers? Legal Persons and the Deceased in European Data Protection Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Erdos
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
European Data ◽  
Data Protection Law

scholarly journals How Comprehensive Is Chinese Data Protection Law? A Systematisation of Chinese Data Protection Law from a European Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
pp. 1191-1203
Author(s):  
Anja Geller
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
European Perspective ◽  
General Development ◽  
General Direction ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Chinese Law ◽  
European Data ◽  
General Data ◽  
Data Protection Law

Abstract In China, there is no unified data protection law similar to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As a result, there are many different relevant regulations. Among other things, this makes enforcement and comprehension more difficult. To alleviate this problem and assess the comprehensiveness of Chinese data protection, this article uses the GDPR as a frame to organise and systematise the most important Chinese regulations. Binding and non-binding as well as enacted and draft provisions are included to show the dynamic progress and the general direction of Chinese law. While from a European data protection perspective there still are numerous deficiencies, the general development is positive.

scholarly journals ESTUDO SOBRE A REALIZAÇÃO DO DIREITO DA PROTECÇÃO DE DADOS PESSOAIS ATRAVÉS DA JURISPRUDÊNCIA DO TRIBUNAL DE JUSTIÇA DA UNIÃO EUROPEIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita De Sousa Costa
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Data ◽  
Data Protection Law

[PT]No presente texto, apresentamos as grandes linhas de aplicação do direito europeu da protecção de dados conforme gizadas pela jurisprudência do TJUE, com o objectivo de demonstrar como e em que medida este Tribunal modelou – e continua a modelar – o quadro jurídico em vigor, na certeza de que aquela jurisprudência impõe um conjunto de desafios determinantes para a realização material do direito europeu da protecção de dados pessoais. [ESP]Este texto presenta las líneas generales de la aplicación de la legislación europea de protección de datos tal como se establece en la jurisprudencia del TJUE, con el objetivo de demostrar cómo y en qué medida este Tribunal ha configurado -y sigue configurando- el marco jurídico vigente, con la certeza de que la dicha jurisprudencia plantea una serie de retos cruciales para la aplicación material del derecho europeo de la protección de datos personales. [ENG]This text outlines the implementation of the European data protection law as laid down in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, with the aim of demonstrating how and to what extent the Court has shaped – and continues to shape – the current legal framework. The case-law analysed points out a plethora of challenges which are key to the implementation of the European personal data protection law.

Incomplete Data Protection Law

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1071-1104
Author(s):  
Kunbei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Tort Liability ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
European Data ◽  
Chinese Perspective ◽  
Data Protection Law ◽  
The Right

The European legal system governing data protection issues is widely regarded as an adequate blueprint for late developers to follow. According to this position, host countries will benefit from receiving the ready-made data protection law because it has already gone through a process of trial and error in Europe. For example, China follows the traditional civil law measures on data protection, such as contractual and tort liability. No Chinese legislation deals specifically with the right to protection of personal data. In China, researchers paid attention to the European legal system, which is regarded as the milestone for data protection. Some vigorously suggest that China should quickly move to enact data protection law based on the model provided by European law.When Chinese researchers strongly promote the European legal system over data protection issues, they send an underlying message that the quality of European laws is good enough to sufficiently deter violations: Individuals would be prohibited from carrying out harmful actions as soon as the expected law is transplanted to China. From a Chinese perspective, our country could quickly move to enact a similar law following the tone of Europe in order to enhance the efficiency of data protection. But is this a compelling position? Will European data protection laws indeed regulate unambiguously and prospectively? Will European data protection laws provide clear guidance to Chinese judges for resolving data protection-related cases? And will the court-enforced laws sufficiently solve the broad spectrum of problems on data use? Understanding the European enforcement mechanism covering data protection issues, and thereby assessing its efficacy on deterrence, is vital to answering these questions.

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 256-260
Author(s):  
Dara Hallinan
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Baseline Level ◽  
Genetic Privacy ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
European Data ◽  
General Data ◽  
Data Protection Law

This concluding chapter argues that European data protection law, under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), can and ought to be looked at to play a central role in the protection of genetic privacy in biobanking in Europe. In the first instance, the substantive framework presented by the GDPR already offers an impressive baseline level of protection for genetic privacy. In turn, while numerous problems with this baseline standard of protection are identifiable, the GDPR offers the normative flexibility to accommodate solutions to these problems, as well as the procedural mechanisms to facilitate the realisation of solutions. The interaction between GDPR and biobanking is still, however, in the early stages. Whether this potential is realised now depends on the decisions and actions of regulatory stakeholders in the biobanking space. Their decisions have the potential to optimise or undermine the GDPR as a system for the protection of genetic privacy in biobanking. The biobanking community also have consequential choices as to how they perceive and operationalise the GDPR.

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