Footnote & Bibliography: COVID-19 vs the General Data Protection Regulation

By Brittney Tessier

Footnote

  • [1] Krisztina Binder et al., ‘States of emergency in response to the coronavirus crisis: Situation in certain Member states’ (European Parliament, 4 June 2020) <https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2020/649408/EPRS_BRI(2020)649408_EN.pdf> (accessed 13 December 2020).
  • [2] Andrea Jelinek, ‘Statement on the processing of personal data in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak’, (European Data Protection Board, 19 March 2020) https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/edpb/files/files/file1/edpb_statement_2020_processingpersonaldataandcovid-19_en.pdf (accessed 19 November 2020).
  • [3] Council Directive 2002/58/EC of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) [2002] OJ L201/37 (ePrivacy Directive).
  • [4] Council Decision 1082/2013/EU of 22 October 2013 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 2119/98/EC [2013] OJ L293/1.
  • [5] Hannah van Kolfschooten and Anniek de Ruijter, “COVID-19 and privacy in the European Union: A legal perspective on contact tracing,” [2020] 41(3) Contemporary Security Policy 478, 481.
  • [6] ibid.
  • [7] Council Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) [2016] OJ L119/1 (General Data Protection Regulation).
  • [8] Jelinek (n 2).
  • [9] See L.H. v Latvia, no. 52019/07 (ECtHR, 29 April 2014).
  • [10] Ben Wolford, ‘What is the GDPR, the EU’s new data protection law?’, (Proton Technologies AG, 2020) <https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/> (accessed 25 November 2020).
  • [11] Council Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data [1995] OJ L281/31.
  • [12] Wolford (n 10).
  • [13] General Data Protection Regulation, art 3(1).
  • [14] ibid, art 4(1).
  • [15] ibid, art 6(1)(d)
  • [16] ibid, art 6(1)(e).
  • [17] General Data Protection Regulation, art 9(2)(a).
  • [18] ibid, art 9(2)(i).
  • [19] ibid.
  • [20] Jelinek (n 2).
  • [21] ibid.
  • [22] ePrivacy Directive, art 1(1).
  • [23] ibid, art 15(1).
  • [24] ibid.
  • [25] Dr. Martin Braun et al., “COVID-19 : European Data Protection in Times of Pandemic” (WilmerHale, 24 March 2020) <https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/client-alerts/20200324-european-data-protection-in-times-of-pandemic> (accessed 17 November 2020).
  • [26] ‘Guidelines 04/2020 on the use of location data and contact tracing tools in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak’ (EDPB, 21 April 2020) <https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/edpb/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_20200420_contact_tracing_covid_with_annex_en.pdf> (accessed 17 November 2020).


Bibliography

 

Primary Sources
  • C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland, Maximilian Schrems [2020] ECR II-559
  • Council Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data [1995] OJ L281/31
  • Council Directive 2002/58/EC of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) [2002] OJ L201/37
  • Council Decision 1082/2013/EU of 22 October 2013 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 2119/98/EC [2013] OJ L293/1
  • Council Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) [2016] OJ L119/1
  • L.H. v Latvia, no. 52019/07 (ECtHR, 29 April 2014)

 

Secondary Sources