Political advertising is a field that affects not only individual behaviours but also societies as a whole. The use of new technologies, profiling, automated decision processes, access to data are key elements of political advertising. The article discusses the legislative and judicial safeguards for the protection of fundamental rights, at European and Romanian level.

The present article analyses the consent as a foundation for the use of cookies. In the case of cookies, the lack of consent or its inadequacy is one of the most frequent causes of incidents related to the protection of personal data. The explanation would reside in the fact that, in the current legislative context, there are (still) no binding legal rules on this issue. Instead, there are guidelines issued by the supervisory authorities of th...

The Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (the Artificial Intelligence Act) gives the opportunity to discuss not only issues related to positive law or the future impact of artificial intelligence regulation on data with personal character but also topical aspects of the relationship between the two elements: personal data and artificial intelligence. The...