The Right to Lodge a Data Protection Complaint: Ok, But Then What? An empirical study of current practices under the GDPR

Abstract

This study examines current Data Protection Authorities' (DPA) practices related to their obligation to facilitate the submission of complaints, granting special attention to the connection between this obligation and the right to an effective judicial remedy against DPAs. It combines legal analysis and the observation of DPA websites, together with insights obtained from the online public register of decisions adopted under the ʻone-stop-shopʼ mechanism. This study was commissioned by Access Now.

Data Protection Authorities, frontpage, GDPR, remedy, right to an effective remedy

Bibtex

Other{Network2022, title = {The Right to Lodge a Data Protection Complaint: Ok, But Then What? An empirical study of current practices under the GDPR}, author = {European Data Protection Scholars Network}, url = {https://www.ivir.nl/gdpr-complaint-study-2/}, year = {0712}, date = {2022-07-12}, abstract = {This study examines current Data Protection Authorities\' (DPA) practices related to their obligation to facilitate the submission of complaints, granting special attention to the connection between this obligation and the right to an effective judicial remedy against DPAs. It combines legal analysis and the observation of DPA websites, together with insights obtained from the online public register of decisions adopted under the ʻone-stop-shopʼ mechanism. This study was commissioned by Access Now.}, keywords = {Data Protection Authorities, frontpage, GDPR, remedy, right to an effective remedy}, }