DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 27, 2022

The Italian privacy authority, the Garante, deemed that the use of Google Analytics results in unlawful transfers of personal data to the United States in violation of the principles outlined in the Schrems II ruling. In Order No. The disputed facts. Code § 1881(b)(4), which subjects the company to the surveillance of U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

However, over the past 20 years the practice of analyzing user data hasn’t advanced much beyond serving the business models of these tech giants. However, this intensive ingestion of personal data points — in the absence of reasonable oversight — has triggered consumer anxiety , and rightly so.

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IT Governance

MAY 8, 2019

Most GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance projects start with a gap analysis. A gap analysis is a popular method of assessing compliance against the requirements of the Regulation. What does a gap analysis involve? Can I use a free GDPR gap analysis tool? What gap analysis options are available?

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 27, 2023

In the course of this cyber-attack, personal data – mainly tax and social security information – of approximately 4 million Bulgarian citizens (or approximately 6 million citizens in total, including foreign citizens) had been accessed and published on the Internet.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 26, 2021

On July 5, 2021, the Italian supervisory authority (“ Garante ”) published an injunction against a company operating a food delivery app (“ Company ”) over the processing of riders’ personal data with respect to the use of algorithms for the management of the orders. Retention period. The need for a DPIA.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a data analysis report on the data breach resulting from the ransomware attack on the IT services provider Xplain. The attack took place on May 23, 2023 and the Play ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the data breach. Threat actors stole and leaked roughly 1.3

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2020

A joint investigation of Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence and Brand Protection teams revealed 248,926 sets of personally identifiable information exposed in what turned to be a complex three-stage fraud designed to drag people into a shady bitcoin investment scheme. Every message contained a unique short link. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Develop an enterprise-wide Risk Management Plan to address any risks and vulnerabilities identified, which is to be provided to HHS for review within 90 days of HHS approval of the risk analysis.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Analysis: Equifax Failed on Security, But Only Governments Can Hold Each Other to Account Who's surprised Chinese military hackers allegedly hacked Equifax?

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The ICO defines content moderation in the guidance as the analysis of user-generated content to assess whether it meets certain standards, and any action a service takes as a result of this analysis. On February 16, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) published its first piece of guidance on content moderation.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

So, with that in mind, the EDPB has issued an influential opinion on the lawful grounds for the processing of personal data in the context of clinical trials. The opinion covers the justification for both the primary use of data for the clinical trial protocol itself and the secondary use of such data for other scientific purposes.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The analysis of the code revealed that most packages of the trojanized version of Telegram look the same as the standard ones. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. ” concludes the analysis. The malicious code hidden in the apps can harvest sensitive information from compromised Android devices.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

To achieve this purpose, the EDPB carries out an analysis of the various components of Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive, namely: (1) information; (2) terminal equipment; (3) electronic communications network; (4) gaining access; and (5) stored information and storage.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The CNIL is one of the first EU data protection supervisory authorities to provide guidance on the compliance of Blockchain with GDPR. What solutions for a responsible use of Blockchain involving personal data? a) Data controllers. The participant is a legal entity and writes personal data on the blockchain.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

At issue was the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US through the use of Google Analytics. Many of our clients are using the firm’s technical tool suite, NT Analyzer , to assist with their data protection and privacy efforts. An Important Reminder. www.website.com/pg1/? www.website.com/pg1/?

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Singapore High Court and the Hong Kong District Court have both considered the right to compensation for injury to feelings in two recent cases involving misuse of personal data but arrived at different conclusions. Reed, brought an action against Mr. Bellingham for contravention of Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act 2012.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 17, 2018

In this blog, we’ll consider situational analysis, how to assess what’s happening in the school and how to support staff to protect the data in their care. Situational analysis – understand what’s happening now. There are several ways to reduce the likelihood and severity of data breaches. Review the email culture.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

It offers various statistical insights into data, the ability to determine attack perpetrators, and incorporates filtering by country, industries, time span, and other parameters for journalistic investigations. “With Ransomlooker, you can proactively safeguard your business or personal data from ransomware attacks.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JULY 7, 2020

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a EUR 830,000 (approximately USD 937,000) fine against the Dutch Credit Registration Bureau (BKR) for violating data subject rights. The fine stems from BKR’s practice of charging fees and discouraging individuals who wanted to access their personal data.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 10, 2021

On March 2, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted its response to the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) consultation on draft guidelines on examples regarding data breach notification (the “Guidelines”).

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Data Protection Report

JULY 28, 2021

At first instance the claimant referred to pre-GDPR laws and lost the case; at second instance he based his DSAR on Article 15 GDPR and requested information on all personal data actually held by the defendant, specifying his requirements in more detail. Knowledge of the data subject of information is irrelevant.

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IT Governance

MAY 25, 2023

Given the scale and nature of its operations, Meta is obviously something of a special case, but the wider implications for personal data transfers from the EU to the US are clear: this case is surely going to be another nail in the coffin of the new EU-US DPF (Data Privacy Framework).

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Right to Request to Exercise Personal Data Rights (Rule 4.02 – Rule 4.07; 6.11). The proposed regulation provides the people of Colorado with a mechanism to protect their personal data rights by making requests directly to data controllers, or businesses who control their personal data.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 13, 2023

Chapter V sets out the rules on transfers of personal data to third countries outside of the EU. The Guidelines note that the GDPR does not contain a legal definition of the notion “ transfer of personal data to a third country or to an international organisation ”. The most notable points are as follows: 1.If

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 29, 2022

A Privacy Analysis of Mute Buttons in Video Conferencing Apps “: Abstract: In the post-pandemic era, video conferencing apps (VCAs) have converted previously private spaces — bedrooms, living rooms, and kitchens — into semi-public extensions of the office. New research: “ Are You Really Muted?:

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 21, 2023

The new law also gives controllers certain rights to use the data, including to “prevent, detect, protect against, or respond to security incidents, identity theft, fraud, harassment, malicious or deceptive activities, or any illegal activity” as well as to “conduct internal research to develop, improve, or repair products, services, or technology.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

“Based on VF’s preliminary analysis from its ongoing investigation, VF currently estimates that the threat actor stole personal data of approximately 35.5 VF immediately began taking measures to remediate the attack and launched an investigation into the security breach. million individual consumers.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2022

of all the stolen data contains GDPR personal data based on this analysis; In 95.3% of all the stolen data contains GDPR personal data based on this analysis; In 95.3%

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 19, 2022

The case resulted from a complaint submitted by certain Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) who alleged that the Parliament’s use of cookies violated data protection law, including requirements regarding the transfer of personal data outside of the EU. where the cookie provider was located and hosted all relevant data.

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IT Governance

APRIL 16, 2021

Although this may appear to be a surface-level change, it means that data transfers to some organisations need to be reviewed, as both pieces of legislation require additional measures to secure personal data transfers to international organisations. Do you have appropriate security mechanisms for data transfers?

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 11, 2021

Disqus collected data through cookies placed on the devices of website visitors using the widget, and subsequently passed personal data collected by those cookies to third-party advertising partners and its parent company. Numerous Norwegian online newspapers used its services through the Disqus plugin (the “widget”).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2024

18 Gb.dwg - 38295 pcs - drawings and schematics of chips, microchips, transistors, etc.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

The Hungarian Data Protection Authority ( Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság, NAIH ) has recently published its annual report in which it presented a case where the Authority imposed the highest fine to date of ca. EUR 670,000 (HUF 250 million).

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A recent decision by the Irish Data Protection Commission (“ DPC “) imposing a record €405 million fine provides clarification on the lawfulness of processing children’s personal data in accordance with the legal bases of ‘performance of contract’ and ‘legitimate interest’. Analysis of Article 6(1).

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For an organisation such as the Electoral Commission, which processes such huge volumes of personal data, a more resilient approach to cyber security would appear to be essential. It’s very much a base level of cyber security that every organisation should comply with as a matter of course.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 6, 2020

The EDPB stated that “ consent cannot be considered as freely given if a controller argues that a choice exists between its service that includes consenting to the use of personal data for additional purposes on the one hand, and an equivalent service offered by a different controller on the other hand.”.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Following the 101 complaints filed by the association ‘My Privacy is None of Your Business’ (“NOYB”), the CNIL has indicated that the transfer of personal data to the United States through Google Analytics is illegal. Google Analytics uses a unique identifier attributed to website visitors, which is a personal data.

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