The judgment of the German Constitutional Court of 15 December 1983 on the German Census Act of 1983 (the so-called "census judgment") had a long-lasting effect on the development of data protection law. Below I briefly review the background of the 40-year-old census judgment and its impact on the…

"Time flies so fast", is what we often say when we arrive at an anniversary and look back. As 5 years have already passed since the GDPR became applicable on May 25, 2018, it´s worth asking some questions regarding the experiences of GDPR application, also with regard to the fact that data…

Now, as we are approaching the 5th anniversary of GDPR´s applicability, it is worth remembering another significant anniversary: on May 11, 1973, exactly 50 years ago, the Swedish Parliament adopted the Swedish Data Protection Act (Datalagen), which was the first national data protection legislation…