English version see here Der Europäische Gerichtshof hat den mehr als 500 Millionen EU-Bürgerinnen und -Bürgern ein Weihnachtsgeschenk gemacht. Mit seinem neuen Urteil zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung ( C-203/15 v. 21. Dezember 2016) - ...

By Peter Schaar, Chairman, European Academy for Freedom of Information and Data Protection, Berlin   What the consequences of the the UK Brexit referendum are for data protection currently cannot be said conclusively. Considerable uncertainties remain until the end of the upcoming exit negotiations at least. Unless specific arrangements on data protection are made between the EU and the UK, the United Kingdom will be seen from the EU perspective as a regular third country like any ...