T‑384/20 RENV, OC v Commission (GC): curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

ENISA 2025 threat landscape just dropped www.enisa.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

16/10/2025 Opinion C-484/24 NTH Haustechnik (processing of personal data for judicial purposes)

We have opened an inquiry into how the @ec.europa.eu ensures transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability in the development of harmonised EU standards for artificial intelligence (AI).

AG Opinion in C‑474/24 (NADA Austria) out curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

today we get the Opinion in Brillen Rottler, which sounds like a fun case—read the request for preliminary ruling if you don't believe me :D curia.europa.eu/juris/showPd...

Upcoming data protection case-law: 18/09/2025 Opinion C-526/24, Brillen Rottler 25/09/2025 Opinion C-474/24, NADA Austria and Others 01/10/2025 Judgment T-384/20 RENV, OC v Commission

ICYMI, the AG's opinion in Čiekuri-Shishki is out: Common Foreign and Security Policy and data protection! curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

There is no law of nature keeping the EU weak, it was by political choice. Fearing an all-powerful “Brussels” we are now effectively run from the White House and the Kremlin. However, Europe can choose to be powerful. We need a Refoundation of the EU. My blog: open.substack.com/pub/sophiein...

I didn't know that the NL got fined for not transposing the Open Data Directive curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

Here we are again. Every photo, every message, every file you send will be automatically scanned—without your consent or suspicion. This is not about catching criminals. It is not based on scientific evidence. It will enable mass #surveillance of EU citizens. #chatcontrol fightchatcontrol.eu

Opinion in C‑422/24 Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten v AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik out: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

📣SAVE THE DATE for #TILTing2026! We are excited to announce that the next edition of the TILTing Perspectives #conference will take place on 17-19 June 2026 in Tilburg! Stay tuned for more information and a call for papers in the coming months ▶️ www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...

🇬🇧On the very first day of its EU Council Presidency, Denmark presented a text proposal on #chatcontrol - content not disclosed, but Denmark is a radical supporter. https://www.parlament.gv.at/gegenstand/XXVIII/EU/26877 Planned adoption: October 14. I updated my briefing […]

EU data protection law Text of the agreed new EU law on enforcement of the GDPR www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...

On today’s question in the press room: The DMA and DSA are not part of the trade talks with the U.S. We have been very clear about that. Our sovereignty and our rules are absolutely untouchable.

they're not wrong when it comes to non-material damage but I'm not that convinced the concern is about Europe's """digital future""" here

I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...

⚠️ In an open letter published today in response to recent #spyware abuse cases in 🇪🇺, a coalition of 12 civil society orgs (incl. @cdteu.bsky.social @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @efjeurope.bsky.social) call on EU institutions to take concrete action to respond to the growing threat posed by spyware. 👇

Upcoming data protection case-law, 01/08/2025: - Opinion C-480/24 Čiekuri-Shishki (Common foreign and security policy & GDPR) - Opinion C-422/24 Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (body-worn cameras)

Rotterdam :)

Got to say, I am absolutely appalled by what LLMs, chatbots, and the likes are doing to our students, and by what our students are doing with them.

Romania and Moldova seek joint response to Russia’s hybrid war

looks like the EU's getting tired of the GPS jamming and spoofing in the Baltic sea data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...

Opinion in AGCOM (C‑345/24) out: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

looks like a new data retention directive (or regulation) might be on the horizon 😭 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

I also missed this opinion that came out last week (legitimate interest): curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

forgot to check new references for data protection preliminary rulings — three new ones in March: C-222/25 21/03/2025 Rahapesu Andmebüroo C-214/25 19/03/2025 Your personal driver – II C-205/25 17/03/2025 Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht

The cyber hard problems of our digital future. nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2905...

Amen! And I'm glad to see noyb among the signatories. edri.org/our-work/ope...

Big news this evening This EU ruling has been 7 years in the making www.iccl.ie/digital-data...

BUTLERIAN POPE LET'S GOO apnews.com/article/pope...

CJEU, data protection law Advocate-General's opinion: European Data Protection Supervisor has standing to bring legal challenge against provisions of revised Europol Regulation which overturned his decision on Europol's dodgy use of personal data - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

When @danmk.bsky.social & I started to work on our research into NSO, we wanted to do a comparison between the arguments made by NSO and Meta on surveillance. We ended up only focusing on NSO & published our paper on how the company legitimizes it espionage BUT-> www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Upcoming data protection case-law: 05/06/2025 Opinion C-345/24 AGCOM – quite interesting! curia.europa.eu/juris/showPd...

How should legal education respond to AI? Together with 11 UCL Laws colleagues, this paper is our vision for the sector. It's rooted in academic integrity, fundamental competences, and concerns around impacts on learning to learn and intellectual risk taking. (🧵) discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

“Taken together, the incidents point to how Russia’s intelligence services have moved towards a new kind of attack on the west, one that is dangerous and violent but also piecemeal and hard to prove.” On the foot soldiers of Russia’s shadow war ↘️

The judgment in Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet (C‑313/23, C‑316/23 and C‑332/23) is out! Data protection and non-discrimination curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

My first book is out on 27 May with @mitpress.bsky.social. It offers a media history of the power to intercept communications in Britain from the foundation of the Post Office to the (near) present, and the changing relationship between law, sovereignty, and media.

A few weeks old, but I didn't see it when it came out www.politico.eu/article/eu-g... needless to say, *please no*

🫨 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/w...

The smartphones and applications used by criminals to recruit, organize and carry out crime sprees are increasingly the target of European law enforcement and politicians alike. So-called end-to-end encrypted technology is seen as a foe by police and investigative authorities.

Yes 😭

Europe’s race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "The EU must immediately switch off the tech companies’ algorithms on its soil, at least until they are proven safe for democracy. " #algorithms #adtech #propaganda

Missed the AG's opinion in Inteligo Media (a direct marketing case) a few days ago. Not sure I like it, and curious what the Court'll make of it curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

Forthcoming: 08/05/2025 AG Opinion in C-698/23 P – EDPS v Parliament and Council. The EDPS is asking the Court to set aside the General Court's order that declared the EDPS action for annulment of some articles of the amended Europol regulation inadmissible.

This is a beautifully presented piece of journalism.