Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) ( PDPA ) was published on 27 May 2019 in Thailand’s Government Gazette and became effective the following day. Definition of Personal Data. Person ” means a natural person. When monitoring of data subjects’ behavior is taken place in Thailand.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 7, 2020

On July 13, 2020, a Committee of Experts within India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“the Committee”) published the first draft of a Non-Personal Data Governance Framework for India for public consultation. address privacy concerns, including from re-identification of anonymized personal data.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2021

TikTok is again being accused of illegally processing children’s personal data. She alleges that TikTok is violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) by collecting excessive data and failing to explain what it’s used for. In 2019, TikTok received a $5.7 million children in the UK. million (£4.3

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 1, 2022

Meanwhile, a sometimes popular (mis)conception is that data protection laws – and particularly the GDPR – are a barrier to the effective use of personal data for research. The implication was that data controllers did not fully understand, and therefore were not effectively making use of, the research provisions.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 20, 2020

On May 18, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) released its Annual Report (the “Report”) providing details of the EDPB’s work in 2019. This included publication of guidelines, binding decisions and general guidance on the interpretation of EU data protection law.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 29, 2020

The implementation of Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2019) (the “PDPA”) has been delayed until May 31, 2021.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 15, 2021

On December 16, 2020, the Committee of Experts within India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) (the “Committee”) issued a revised report on the Non-Personal Data Governance Framework (the “NPDF”) for India (the “Revised Committee Report”).

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Data Protector

JULY 22, 2022

In August 2013 the European Commission introduced new rules to require Communication Service Providers to report all personal data breaches, no matter how minor, to local data protection regulators within 24 hours of the incident being detected [Art 2]. EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 8, 2020

On July 1, 2020, the Dutch Data Protection Authority ( Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens , the “Dutch DPA”) published its 2019 annual report (the “Report”). The Report shows that in 2019, the Dutch DPA focused on enforcement actions, after having raised awareness about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in 2018.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Consent Requirement for Collection of Personal Information. Based on the above, there is no substantial new rule in this Circular, although it expressly emphasizes the legitimate protection of the personal data collected during the process of prevention and control of epidemics and disease outbreaks.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 10, 2020

On June 9, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2019 (the “Report”). The Report provides an overview of the CNIL’s enforcement activities in 2019. The CNIL received 2,287 data breach notifications in 2019. Formal notices are not sanctions.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 1, 2020

For example, in February of this year, the FCA and ICO issued a joint statement warning regulated firms and insolvency practitioners of their responsibilities when dealing with personal data. What are the legal mechanisms to sell or utilise personal data in an insolvency situation? Asset sales.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 30, 2021

Paige Thompson Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal Prison, Documents Show The Justice Department has filed seven new criminal charges against Paige Thompson, who is suspected of hacking Capital One in 2019, which compromised the personal data of 100 million Americans, including exposing hundreds of thousands of Social Security numbers.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 15, 2019

On 22 August 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced the implementation of the Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data Regulation (????????????), (“the Regulation”) which came into force on 1 October 2019. In contrast with COPPA in the U.S., Consequences of the Regulation.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 20, 2020

2019 saw continued growth and change in data protection and cyber-security across the Asia-Pacific. Following the implementation of the GDPR in May, 2018, many jurisdictions moved to review and strengthen existing data privacy and cyber-security laws. million patients.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On November 22, 2021, according to India Today , the Indian Joint Parliamentary Committee (the “JPC”) responsible for reviewing the Personal Information Protection Bill 2019 (“PDPB”) issued its report on the proposed law. If passed, the PDPB would constitute the first comprehensive data protection law in India.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 22, 2019

Privacy Shield (“ Privacy Shield ”) enables the free-flow of personal data from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) to the U.S. On 15 January 2019, the U.K. privacy policies) to expressly state such commitments also apply to transfers of personal data from the UK as well as the EU. Under the Privacy Shield, U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 7, 2020

On September 30, 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) released its 2019 Annual Report (the “Report”). Notably, 2019 was the year of the Belgian DPA’s first fines under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) and the release of the Belgian DPA’s 2019-2025 Strategic Plan.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JANUARY 22, 2020

On Monday 20 January, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau (“CMAB”), jointly with the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”), presented a paper outlining topics for review of the PDPO to the members of the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs (“PDPO Review Paper”).

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

Personal Data of 244,000 in Flux After Malware Probe of Gastroenterologist Vendor A Kansas-based vendor is notifying nearly 250,000 patients that their payment card and other personal information may have been compromised in a hacking incident that dates back to 2019 and involves its colonoscopy prep kit online retail business.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 30, 2020

On June 23, 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice (the Bundesgerichtshof , or “BGH”) issued a decision confirming the enforceability, in preliminary proceedings, of the order of the German Federal Cartel Office (the “ Bundeskartellamt ”) against Facebook’s data practices.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

Google announced to have warned users of almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks during 2019. Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

On September 9, 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority ( Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens , the “Dutch DPA”) published a report on the privacy complaints it received between January 2019 and June 2019 (the “Report”). 36% of the complaints processed related to data subjects’ own personal data.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Privacy Shield Frameworks (collectively, the “Privacy Shield”) to clarify the effect of the UK’s planned withdrawal from the EU on March 29, 2019. The FAQs provide information on the steps Privacy Shield participants must take to receive personal data from the UK in reliance on the Privacy Shield after Brexit.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Welcome to the second part of our round-up of 2019’s information security stories. The second half of the year began with major data privacy news: the UK’s data protection authority, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), announced its intention to fine British Airways and Marriott International a combined £282.6

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Threatpost

APRIL 7, 2021

The flaw that caused the leak of personal data of more than 533 million users over the weekend no longer exists; however, the social media giant still faces an investigation by EU regulators.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 16, 2020

In summary proceedings, the Federal Supreme Court overturned an earlier order of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf that – pending the outcome of an appeal by Facebook – had suspended the effect of a prohibition order issued by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) in 2019 restricting Facebook’s collection of data.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It filed a breach report with OCR in February 2019, which then investigated the organization’s data practices starting in December 2019. This marks the second such settlement with a HIPAA-regulated entity for violations that were discovered following a ransomware attack, according to HHS.

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IT Governance

MAY 1, 2019

Still, April 2019 saw a not completely disastrous 1,334,488,724 breached records. Criminal accesses personal data of faculty staff and students at Georgia Tech (1.3 Phishing scam exposes personal data at Florida’s Clearway Pain Solutions Institute (35,000). billion and reducing the monthly average to 1.46

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IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. which breached sixteen years’ worth of insurance data. Sunderland City Council launches investigation after library users’ personal data hacked (45).

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 27, 2019

On December 12, 2019, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) released its draft 2019-2025 Strategic Plan (the “Draft Plan”). The Plan will be subject to public consultation until January 7, 2019 (in French and in Dutch ). Read the Belgian DPA’s press release (in French and in Dutch ).

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 17, 2019

On April 9, 2019, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) levied one of its most significant fines under the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “DPA”) against pregnancy and parenting club Bounty (UK) Limited (“Bounty”), fining the company GBP 400,000. The company also offered a data broking service.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

With issues around the collection and handling of personal data becoming the focus of increased scrutiny among regulators, policymakers, and consumers, interest has continued to grow among organizations to better understand and address privacy risk.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

After a rampant start to the year for data breaches and cyber attacks, it’s about time we went one month without at least one massive security incident. June 2019’s total of 39,713,046 breached records is the lowest since May last year – the month that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect. Broome Co.,

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2020

On 28 September 2020, the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for the Processing of Personal Data (ANSPDCP) published on its website the annual activity report for 2019. Qualification of the parties involved in personal data processing activities. Sanctions applied by ANSPDCP in 2019. Points of view.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

30 of 2018 on the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). The PDPL will enter into force on 1 August 2019, giving businesses just under one year from the date of this article to prepare for the new regime. It will provide individuals with rights in relation to how their personal data can be collected, processed and stored.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 21, 2019

These activities can pose a risk, not only to privacy rights and data protection, but also to the belief of voters in the integrity of the democratic process. The Regulation, which is subject to publication in the Official Journal, has been approved just three months ahead of the next EU Parliament elections in May 2019. Background.

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