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All news →A new member has joined the INPLP: Migle Dewsbury (Lithuania)
MB Hexlaw (Lithuania) has joined the International Network of Privacy Law Professionals.
The CJEU’s Russmedia decision (C-492/23) and the End of Platform Exceptionalism in EU Data Protection Law
For twenty-five years, platforms have operated on a "publish first, remove on notice" model, assuming that the hosting privilege also shielded them from data protection duties. In Russmedia (C-492/23), the CJEU rejected that assumption on the plain wording of Article 1(5)(b) of the eCommerce Directive. A platform that structures and monetises user content is a controller and must build pre-publication review, identity verification and protection against scraping and copying into its architecture. These duties derive from general GDPR provisions, so they are not limited to sensitive data and require a risk assessment of all personal data a platform publishes. Platform operators must adapt or leave the field.
Deleting an Account Is Not the Same as Deleting Personal Data: Lessons from EU GDPR Enforcement
Bidding on Sensitive Data: Norway's Record Fine Against Xandr
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Nw.: "Datatilsynet") has, in decision 20/03541-37, imposed the largest fine in its history: NOK 92 million (approximately EUR 8.6 million) against Microsoft-owned AdTech company Xandr Inc. for unlawfully processing and sharing special categories of personal data about Grindr users through real-time bidding (RTB). The decision and the Authority's parallel public guidance illustrate its approach to programmatic advertising, joint controllership among AdTech intermediaries, and reliance on another party's consent mechanism.
INPLP reaches 60 countries: a warm welcome to Maddocks, our first member in Australia
With Maddocks from Sydney, the International Network of Privacy Law Professionals welcomes its first member firm from Australia — and is now represented in 60 countries on six continents.
Ukraine joins INPLP: a warm welcome to Legal IT Group
With Legal IT Group from Kyiv, the International Network of Privacy Law Professionals welcomes its first member firm from Ukraine. INPLP is now represented in 59 countries.
