Hunton Privacy

JULY 12, 2012

On June 27, 2012, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed a bill to amend the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “Ordinance”). Most provisions will become effective on October 21, 2012, and the others will take effect on a day to be announced by publication in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2011

On September 7, 2011, the United Kingdom Information Tribunal published a decision that appears to resolve the long-running uncertainty regarding the extent to which anonymized personal information may be disclosed under the UK’s Freedom of Information legislation. For years, this personal data exception has befuddled UK courts.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 17, 2011

As we previously reported , Korea’s long-awaited Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) was enacted on March 29, 2011. The law generally requires an individual’s informed consent for the collection, use or disclosure of any personal information by any person, company or government agency.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2018

of the SRA Code of Conduct 2011. Although these fines are merely the latest items on an ongoing list of bad news for the company, Slater and Gordon is at least fortunate that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was not in effect at the time. Worse fines if the GDPR had been in effect. Help complying with the GDPR.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 15, 2020

IT Governance has recorded more than 1,000 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents so far this year and 20 billion breached records. Lawyers are the real winners in the Yahoo data breach compensation case. million (about £91 million at the time) in compensation to users whose personal data was leaked.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 16, 2019

The FTC’s investigation leading to this settlement dates back to 2011, when Facebook promised the FTC in a consent decree that it would not share user data with third parties without the express consent of the user. It is suspected that the FTC believed this information was improperly obtained and violated the 2011 consent decree.

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Data Matters

JUNE 24, 2021

The SEC is considering enhancing its disclosure rules concerning cybersecurity risk governance and has indicated a target release date of October 2021. The Order alleges that this vulnerability exposed over 800 million images dating back to 2003, including sensitive personal data, such as Social Security numbers and financial information.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 2, 2011

On March 2, 2011, the German Federal government adopted a draft law revising certain sector-specific data protection provisions in the German Telecommunications Act.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2020

Until last month, its privacy policy contained this statement: Does Zoom sell Personal Data? Originally founded in 2011 for corporate clients, Zoom’s software is now being used in situations it was never designed for.”. Remember when the UK government was criticised for holding a cabinet meeting on Zoom ?

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IT Governance

JUNE 20, 2019

The UK’s data protection watchdog has admitted that its website’s cookie policy breaches the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) made the statement following complaints that it was storing visitors’ personal data without their consent.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 21, 2013

On October 19, 2013, the Center for Internet and Society (“CIS”), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry , and the Data Security Council of India held a Privacy Roundtable in New Delhi , the last in a series of roundtables that began in April 2013.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 28, 2011

As reported in BNA’s Privacy Law Watch , on July 25, 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a new federal law amending Russia’s personal data privacy law, “On Personal Data.”

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 6, 2013

Open Data is a movement at the national and EU levels aimed at facilitating access to and re-use of public sector information. In December 2011, France released the beta version of its open government data website, data.gouv.fr. Other EU Member States previously had set up open data portals (such as the UK’s data.gov.uk

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 12, 2011

On April 12, 2011, U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 (the “Act”) to “establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission.” An email address.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 1, 2011

As reported in BNA’s Privacy Law Watch , on March 29, 2011, South Korea’s president approved the Act on the Protection of Personal Data. The implementing rules will be worked out before the law is due to take effect on September 30, 2011.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 24, 2011

Under the Rules, which were first published on April 11 , an individual’s prior written consent is required to process or disclose sensitive personal data. The Rules will apply only to Indian companies that obtain sensitive personal data directly.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 21, 2011

On October 20, 2011, Mexico’s Ministry of Economy made public an update to its proposed Regulations to the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties. Revisions to data transfer restrictions. Revisions to provisions governing the exercise of data subjects’ rights.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 30, 2011

On June 28-30, 2011, the Council of Europe’s Bureau of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data (known as the “T-PD-Bureau”) met in Strasbourg, France, to discuss, among other things, amending the Council of Europe’s Convention 108.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 28, 2011

As we previously reported , the Mexican government has developed draft regulations for the implementation of Mexico’s Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data in the Possession of Private Parties ( Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares ).

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Amendment of the Convention is also closely linked to the current review of the EU data protection framework. As we have explained previously , the T-PD-Bureau is comprised primarily of representatives from government ministries and European data protection authorities.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Members of Parliament on the House of Commons Justice Select Committee have called for courts in the United Kingdom to be given greater powers to imprison and fine individuals who breach the Data Protection Act (“DPA”).

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The Marco Civil would establish Brazil’s first set of Internet regulations, including requirements regarding personal data protection and net neutrality. The government prioritized the bill and introduced new amendments, including a requirement that companies store any type of Brazilian data on servers physically located in Brazil.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

On November 16, 2011, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2010 (the “Report”) highlighting its main 2010 accomplishments and outlining some of its priorities for the upcoming year. Read the CNIL’s full report (in French). Read our coverage of the CNIL’s 2009 Activity Report.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 2, 2011

As reported by Kwang Hyun Ryoo and Ji Yeon Park of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in Korea, on May 24, 2011, the government of South Korea published draft regulations to the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”), the Republic’s new omnibus data protection law.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 25, 2014

On June 23, 2014, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) published its Opinion 7/2014 on the protection of personal data in Québec (the “Opinion”). In 2011, the European Commission requested that the Working Party assess the adequacy of the Québec Privacy Act.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 20, 2010

On June 1, 2010, Ukraine’s parliament adopted a bill on the protection of personal data which introduces a comprehensive regulatory regime for data processing in the country. The bill was signed by the President of Ukraine on June 24, 2010, and will come into force on January 1, 2011.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 21, 2013

The ODPC accepts that data sharing can increase efficiency in the delivery of public services, but has long raised concerns regarding data sharing in the public sector. During 2012, the ODPC received 1,666 personal data security beach notifications, up from 1,167 received last year. Security Breach Notifications.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 18, 2011

On April 11, 2011, India adopted new privacy regulations, known as the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (the “Rules”). It must be processed only for the purpose for which it was collected.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 25, 2013

Bellamy is a renowned privacy professional with more than 20 years of experience and deep knowledge of global data privacy and cybersecurity law, compliance and policy. She has a proven industry record in designing strategy, and building and managing data privacy compliance programs. ”

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IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2018

This week, we discuss the 10 million affected by Dixons Carphone’s 2017 data breach, the exposure of hundreds of thousands of clothes shoppers’ details, Yale University’s ten-year old data breach, and a return to typewriters for government workers in Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Anchorage.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 24, 2012

Of particular concern to the Commission are amendments affecting the independence of the national data protection authority. The Hungarian government has one month to comply, or face enforcement proceedings in the European Court of Justice.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 18, 2011

In its response, prepared by Richard Thomas , former UK Information Commissioner and Global Strategy Advisor of the Centre, the Centre calls for a modernized European framework for data protection that addresses the realities of the digital age.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 29, 2011

On December 13, 2011, the Information Commissioner issued updated guidance on compliance with recent changes to UK law governing the use of cookies ( The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (“Regulations”)).

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

On September 23, 2011, the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Congress issued the Regulation of Information Technology of Jiangsu Province (the “Regulation”), which will take effect as of January 1, 2012. Collection of Personal Information. Regulation of Information Technology of Jiangsu Province.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 19, 2011

On May 16, 2011, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted an Opinion on geolocation services on smart mobile devices (the “Opinion”). According to the Working Party, the EU E-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC (“e-Privacy Directive”) is only relevant to geolocation data processing by telecommunications operators.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. million people.

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Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

According to the bill’s author, it was consciously designed to emulate the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, and if and when it goes into effect, it would constitute the broadest privacy law in the United States. AB 375 will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, unless changed in the interim.

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