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The Romanian DPA sanctions a natural person and a market research company

Recently, the Romanian Data Protection Authority (ANSPDCP) announced two new sanctions for GDPR violations. A company active in market research – fined for multiple GDPR breaches Following complaints from two European supervisory authorities, the ANSPDCP investigated a Romanian-based company active in the field of market research. The investigation revealed several shortcomings - failure to …
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Romanian Cybersecurity Authority issues draft orders on NIS2 Notification and Risk Assessment

The Romanian Cybersecurity Authority (DNSC) has recently published some updates regarding the secondary legislation issued under the Government Emergency Ordinance 155/2024 (transposing NIS2 Directive). Thus, the authority published the following draft documents: The updated version of the Order on notification for registration – available in Romanian here (Notification Order); The firs…
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Draft Order on notification process for registration

Following our recent post on the Draft Order published by the National Directorate for Cybersecurity (DNSC), we now take a closer look at the notification procedure it introduces. The Draft Order introduces a structured framework to classify entities as either essential or important. It leverages digital tools, notably the NIS2@RO assessment tool and the ATHENA platform, to streamline the regis…

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GDPR | 7-year anniversary. Romanian DPA Publishes 2025 Q1 Enforcement Update

Authors: Iurie Cojocaru, Mihai Rotaru
As the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) marked its seventh anniversary on May 25, 2025, the Romanian DPA has released a short-form activity update covering the first four months of the year. The figures offer a snapshot of enforcement trends, complaint pattern…
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Romanian DPA Report – A Year in Review – 2023

Author: Iurie Cojocaru, Mihai Rotaru
Romanian DPA case studies – our top 5 picks 1. Unlawful disclosure of a photo Case study: A doctor complained to the Romanian DPA that the public hospital where she is employed published her personal data without her consent. The hospital (acting as controller) published…

Speaking engagements

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NNDKP organized a webinar on the EU AI Act

On 28 May 2024, NNDKP organized the EU AI Act: First steps towards compliance webinar which focused on the legal updates introduced by the new regulation. Together with the participants, our colleagues, Iurie Cojocaru, Partner and Head of the Data Protection Practice, and Madalina Vasile, Managing Associate in the same practice, discussed about the legal provisions of the EU AI Act which compan…
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Iurie Cojocaru – speaker at the „GDPR – Data Privacy Observer 2024” conference

On January 25, Iurie Cojocaru, Partner and Head of the Data Protection Practice, was a speaker at the „GDPR – Data Privacy Observer 2024” conference. Iurie Cojocaru talked in the conference`s first session of discussions and shared information on the personal data protection requirements resulting from the EU`s Data Act, recently entered into force. Moreover, the third edition of the Romanian R…
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NNDKP organized an event dedicated to data protection

On Tuesday, November 21, NNDKP`s Data Protection practice organized an event focused on current issues in the field of data protection and security, an information and debate opportunity dedicated to clients. In an interactive discussion framework, the participants discussed topics of interest with NNDKP`s data protection team members and analyzed various situations encountered in practice, fac…

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