By Gionata Bouché and Etienne Valk The data retention debate is becoming ever-more complex, or so it is written. Since the second La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) installment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 30 April 2024, it is at least becoming a bit clearer. The CJEU answers preliminary questions … Read more
Introduction On the 29th of January this year, the General Court dismissed the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) action seeking to annul parts of three decisions issued by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) (Joined Cases T-70/23, T-84/23, and T-111/23). In these decisions, the EDPB directed the DPC to expand its investigation into the data … Read more
Feb 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Fraud Prevention U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating from Pakistan. The action, which took place on January 29, 2025, has been codenamed Operation Heart Blocker. The … Read more
U.S. prosecutors have charged Russian national Maxim Rudometov over his alleged involvement in developing and distributing the notorious Redline password-stealing malware. The charges were announced as part of “Operation Magnus,” first unveiled by the Dutch National Police on Monday. This years-in-the-making operation saw international law enforcement agencies dismantle the infrastructure of Redline and Meta, two … Read more
On 11 April 2024, AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered his Opinion in NFŠ (C-28/23, EU:C:2024:306). The NFŠ Opinion is very interesting in three respects. First, in addressing some aspects of the definition of public works contracts that keep coming up in litigation in relation to relatively complex real estate transactions. Second, in addressing the effects of … Read more
