During the last plenary session hold in January 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted Guidelines on the Right of Access (“Guidelines”)(text not yet available). The Guidelines aim analysing various aspects of the right of access and providing more detailed guidance on how the right of access has to be implemented in several situations. Among others, the Guidelines provide clarifications on: The Guidelines will be subject to public consultation for a period of 6 weeks. In addition, the EDPB adopted a letter in reply to letters calling for a consistent interpretation of cookie consent. In its letter, the EDPB confirms its commitment to ensuring the harmonised application of data protection rules throughout the European Economic Area. In this respect, the EDPB has recently set up a taskforce on cookie banners in order to coordinate the response to complaints concerning cookie banners. Furthermore, the EDPB has updated the Guidelines on consent in order to ensure a harmonized approach on the conditionality of consent and on the unambiguous indication of preferences. All documents adopted during the EDPB Plenary session are subject to the necessary legal, linguistic and formatting checks and will be made available on the EDPB website once these have been completed.
