Court of Justice of the European Union Advocate General Michal Bobek issued his opinion on the case between Facebook and Belgium's Data Protection Authority, which has implications for the one-stop-shop mechanism under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Morrison & Foerster's Lokke Moerel and Ronan Tigner explore the importance of the advocate general's opinion and also clarify some misconceptions. "Contrary to media reports, the advocate general’s opinion fully upholds the one-stop shop, under which the DPA of the 'main establishment' of a company in the EU has a general competence to oversee cross-border processing activities," they write.
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