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Please refer to the French version of this page for more information.

Please refer to the French version of this page for more information.

Please refer to the French version of this page for more information.

Due to the evolution of the current health situation, the CNPD is forced to postpone its conference, which should have taken place on 28 January 2022.  It will now take place on 26 April 2022 from 14:00 to 16...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2022

Organised by LU-CIX, the Luxembourg Internet Days are back in digital format from November 16 to 18, with a rich programme to talk about Network Security and Cloud Security. No less than three Luxembourg ministers will present their approach...

The CNPD published FAQs on data protection and CovidCheck (only available in French at the moment).

The CNPD published an update of its guidelines on cookies and other tracking devices (only availabe in French at the moment).

The CNPD presented its annual report with the key figures for the year 2020 at a press conference in Esch/Belval today. Ensuring the protection of personal data in the COVID-19 era Since March 2020, the daily lives of...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) shared some statistics on resources made available by Member States to the supervisory authorities (SA) from the European Economic Area (EEA) and on enforcement actions by the SAs. This report was made after receiving...

Apple is conducting ground surveys with vehicles in Luxembourg to collect data for its Apple Maps service. The recordings will be made by Apple vehicles from August 16 to September 10, 2021. Apple will censor faces and license plates on...

Given the fact that on July 29, 2021 Amazon published its quarterly results and publicly disclosed that the company was imposed a fine from the Luxembourg regulator on data protection because of infringements with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR...

Virtual Voice Assistants (VVA) are services integrated today in most digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and connected speakers. Such voice assistants make it possible to understand voice commands to execute them or to interact with other digital systems. Their...

After considering the comments received during a public consultation, the EDPB adopted a final version of the guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor. The main objective is to clarify · the definitions of the functional and autonomous concepts of...

On 28 June 2021, the European Commission adopted two adequacy decisions and found that the United Kingdom ensures an adequate level of protection for transfers of personal data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Law Enforcement...

On 28 June 2021, the Commission adopted two adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the United Kingdom, under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Law Enforcement Directive respectively. Such a decision means that the personal data...

On 4 June 2021, the European Commission published two new sets of standard contractual clauses (SCCs). The first set is intended to regulate the transfer of data from controllers or processors of the EU/EEA (subject to the GDPR) to...