On 6 February, the EU’s Advocate General Spielmann provided his opinion (the Opinion) in the case of EDPS v SRB (Case C‑413/23 P), advising that the previous judgment of the General Court be set aside and referred for judgment back to it. The Opinion offers some interesting views on how we should consider the effect of pseudonymising personal data.
Key Takeaways
- The Opinion concerns the scope of “personal data” under Regulation 2018/1725 (which is the EU institutions’ equivalent to the GDPR and which mirrors much of the same language and principles as the GDPR). It proposes a broader conceptualisation