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Data Subject Access Requests – High Court dismisses claim where DSAR regime abused

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Between 2010 and 2015, the Claimant entered into several ‘buy to let mortgages’ with the Defendant. A collateral purpose of the requestor wanting the material to assist in litigation is not an absolute exemption to the DSAR obligations [2] , but it is a relevant factor in the exercise of the court’s discretion.

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Belgium: Belgian DPA imposes a EUR600,000 fine, its highest fine ever, on Google Belgium for non-compliance with right to be forgotten

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

These URLs concerned, on the one hand, search results regarding alleged links with a certain political party, and on the other hand, a harassment complaint declared unfounded in 2010. GDPR, which grants supervisory authorities the right to exercise its powers on the territory of their own member states. The decision.

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Paralympic Torch Relay photographs now available

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Reference code: AM1550-S10-F60-: The PTR visited twelve communities over ten days between March 3-12, 2010: Day 1 – Wed. 3, 2010 – Ottawa, Ont. 4, 2010 – Quebec City, Que. 5, 2010 – Toronto, Ont. 6, 2010 – Esquimalt and Victoria, BC. 7, 2010 – Squamish, BC.

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EU : New SCCs published

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The New SCCs repeal the existing SCCs (dating from 2001, 2004 and 2010) and aim to address the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (“ GDPR ”) and the decision of the European Court of Justice (“ CJEU ”) in Schrems II. Use of the legacy SCCs must stop altogether 18 months after publication in the OJ.

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Article 29 Working Party Issues Opinion on the Concepts of Controller and Processor

Hunton Privacy

On February 16, 2010, the Article 29 Working Party adopted Opinion 1/2010 (the “Opinion”) providing further clarification and guidance on the interpretation of the concepts of “data controller” and “data processor” in the context of the EU’s Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC.

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European Commission Seeks Germany’s Compliance with ECJ Judgment on DPA Independence

Hunton Privacy

On April 6, 2011, the European Commission formally requested that Germany immediately comply with a March 9, 2010 judgment (C-518/07) by the European Court of Justice (the “Court”) concerning the independence of German data protection authorities (“DPAs”).

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German DPA Issues Position Paper on Data Transfer Mechanisms in Light of CJEU Safe Harbor Decision

Hunton Privacy

the Position Paper refers to Commission decision 201/87/EU of February 5, 2010 (controller-to-processor data transfers) and Commission decision 2001/497/EC of June 15, 2001 (controller-to-controller transfers). Therefore, the Position Paper states that data exporters must consider exercising those rights. Investigations by the DPA.

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