4 Things To Note About Data Protection Laws In Recent Years

Since we began our tech law blog over 18 months ago, we have covered a wide variety of topics, ranging from 3D printing and driverless cars to online freedom of expression and the US v Microsoft case. In this week's post, we take a look back over 4 data protection topics that keep cropping up and examine how they have developed in the past 2 years.

1. Data Retention

Data retention has been a topic on the agenda of many EU Member States since the Digital Rights Ireland case. In this 2014 case, the EU's highest court declared the EU Data Retention Directive invalid, resulting in uncertainty for the corresponding national laws across the EU. In light of this decision, a number of countries, including the UK, have seen their national data retention laws modified or replaced. More recently, an Opinion from the European Parliament's Legal Services also shed further light on lessons to be learned from the court's finding. This Opinion states that Member States should