The entry into force of the GDPR in 2018 revolutionised data protection law. The changes introduced were felt particularly strongly in legal systems where, until then, Data Protection Law had played a very discreet role, such as the Portuguese legal system.
In the last 6 years, Data Protection Law has achieved a remarkable degree of implementation, especially at the level of companies and university scientific research. However, there is a considerable gap in what we can call Data Protection Litigation, which covers all litigation in the courts, both civil and administrative, but also complaints lodged with supervisory authorities.
Recognising this gap, the aim is to launch a project which, (i) on the one hand, makes it possible to map Portuguese Data Protection Litigation, i.e. to carry out a survey of all related matters, namely complaints lodged with the CNPD; internal difficulties experienced by Data Protection Officers; procedural solutions tested by lawyers, and case law decisions. The data collected will be analysed and compiled into a White Paper on Data Protection Litigation; and (ii) on the other hand, to bring together specialists in this sub-area of Data Protection Law at three international conferences, with a view to producing the first collective work on Data Protection Litigation.
Principal InvestigatorProf. Doutor A. Barreto Menezes Cordeiro
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ResearchersProf. Doutor Francisco Rodrigues Rocha
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Consultants
- Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados
- Associação de Encarregados de Proteção de Dados
- Preparation of a White Paper;
- Organisation of three international conferences;
- Publication of a collective work in the Springer Law, Governance and Technology Series