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India: New Digital Personal Data Protection Act, Start Planning Now.

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 11 August 2023, India’s long-awaited law governing data protection – the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ( DPDP Act ) – received the President’s assent and was published in the official gazette the following day. data subjects, using the GDPR terminology) located within India.

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Spanish DPA Publishes Report on Data Processing Activities in Relation to COVID-19

Hunton Privacy

The Report first notes that the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) contains necessary safeguards and rules with respect to personal data processing in a general health emergency. The Report then turns to legal bases for processing personal data in the COVID-19 context.

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Law firm Slater and Gordon fined £80,000 for Quindell client information disclosure

IT Governance

The Australian law firm Slater and Gordon’s ill-fated £637 million acquisition of the professional services division of the British insurance outsourcer Quindell plc in 2015 has attracted a great deal of negative attention over the past few years. of the SRA Code of Conduct 2011. Worse fines if the GDPR had been in effect.

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SEC Announces Settled Charges Against First American for Cybersecurity Disclosure Controls Failures – Lessons Learned

Data Matters

On June 15, 2021, the SEC announced settled charges against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for disclosure controls and procedures violations related to a cybersecurity vulnerability that exposed sensitive customer information. 14, 2011). 3 See SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Statement on Cybersecurity (Sept.

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2018 Global Data Regulations & Compliance Heat Up – Are you Ready?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

This year, the major regulation that will be implemented, is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , which takes effect on May 25, 2018. GDPR enables consumers to view, limit and control how companies collect and process their personal data.

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UK: How real is the threat of data protection group litigation in the UK?

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Mr Skelton had taken personal data (including name, address, gender, date of birth, phone number, national insurance number, bank details and salary information) relating to nearly 100,000 employees and posted it on the internet. The solution is to insure against ruinous group claims….

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UK: The rise of privacy group action risk

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Vidal-Hall decision has since been relied upon in successful claims for damages for distress including TLT & others v Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Home Office [2016] EWHC 2217 (erroneous publication of personal data by the Home Office) and Gulati v MGN Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1291 (phone hacking).

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