New regulatory framework and key changes in data protection in the European Union

Tehnološke promjene omogućile su nikad brže kretanje podataka preko državnih granica, kao i mogućnost pristupa takvim podacima na globalnoj razini te dodatno osvijestile problematiku različitog stupnja zaštite podataka u pojedinim jurisdikcijama, odnosno potrebu ujednačenja i osiguravanja jednakih prava zaštite privatnosti za građane Europske Unije unutar same Unije i izvan granica iste. Predmet ovog rada je analiza novog regulatornog okvira Europske Unije u području zaštite podataka te ključnih promjena koje se uvode u svrhu jačanja zaštite podataka, uz sistematski prikaz razvoja regulative putem pregleda europskog i hrvatskog zakonodavnog okvira zaštite podataka, uz analizu relevantne sudske prakse Suda pravde Europske Unije i njegove uloge u proširenju opsega zaštite osobnih podataka.Technological changes have made it possible to move data faster across state borders as well as given access to such data globally, while further arising awareness of the different levels of data protection in individual jurisdictions and the need to harmonize and ensure equal privacy rights for EU citizens within the Union and beyond the boundaries of the same. The theme of this paper is the analysis of the new EU regulatory framework for data protection and key changes introduced to strengthen subject protection, including a systematic overview of regulatory developments by reviewing the European and Croatian legislative data protection framework, with an analysis of relevant case law of the European Union Court of Justice and its role in expanding the scope of personal data protection