EU General Court examines data anonymisation and pseudonymisation

The EU General Court has overruled the European Data Protection Supervisor and held that pseudonymised data will not be deemed personal data for the purposes of EU data protection law when transferred to a recipient that is unable to link the pseudonyms to identifiable individuals.

This recent ruling is seen as positive news for companies processing EU personal data. However, the judgment can still be appealed to the Court of Justice of the European Union…

The rules under the UK GDPR should be followed for pseudonymised UK personal data. The Information Commissioner’s Office have not yet announced that the UK will follow the same position as the EU, however, they have indicated that the UK intends to take a more “business friendly” approach to data protection, even if this means diverging from the EU regime.

Please click here to access our guide on the EU General Court’s examination of data anonymisation and pseudonymisation.

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