Dr. Christoph Werkmeister
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Articles
The top five European data protection trends for 2021
European Union, Germany, United Kingdom - February 17 2021 Developments in the world of data protection are unceasing. Let’s have a look at the top five European trends we see for the months ahead. Data…
Annabelle Hamelin, Gernot Fritz, Giles Pratt, Mark Egeler, Michael Schwaab.
EU’s ePrivacy reforms inch forward
European Union - February 11 2021 On 10 February 2021, four years after the European Commission’s initial legislative proposal and to the surprise of many, the Council reached a…
Data protection under the EU-UK trade co-operation agreement
European Union, United Kingdom - January 5 2021 The trade co-operation agreement between the EU and the UK (TCA) unsurprisingly contains extensive provisions regarding data protection. First: the…
Germany’s updated AI strategy: pandemics and the environment in focus
European Union, Germany - December 11 2020 On 2 December 2020, the German government published (in German) the long-awaited update to its artificial intelligence strategy (‘AI strategy’). In…
Trust in the middleman? Data sharing service providers under the proposed European Data Governance Act
European Union - November 27 2020 The European Commission (EC) has taken an all-important first step in implementing its European Data Strategy, which was announced in February 2020…
