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 …
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…
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…
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…
Our top judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union
(26 MAY 2024 – 25 MAY 2025)
1. Judgement in the Case C-621/22 - Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennisbond
What the Court mainly said: According to the CJEU, a purely commercial interes…
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…
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…
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…
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…