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EU's top court clarifies information duty under GDPR in Covid certificate case

( November 28, 2024, 11:02 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The European Court of Justice has clarified how an exception to a data controller’s obligation to provide information to individuals under the General Data Protection Regulation is applied in a case involving a Covid immunity certificate. The EU's highest court ruled that "all personal data" — both data collected directly from an individual and data generated by the data controller — are covered by the exception under the GDPR's Article 14(5)(c), which allows for a lifting of the information requirements when obtaining personal data “is expressly laid down by Union or Member State law.”...

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