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Ireland: Irish Court of Appeal Clarifies Boundaries of Concept of Personal Data

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Irish Court of Appeal has clarified the scope of the definition of personal data – noting that, while the definition is deliberately very broad, it does not facilitate access by an individual to reports stemming from a complaint for the sole reason that the complaint was made by that individual. Background .

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European Commission Launches Public Consultation on e-Privacy Directive

Hunton Privacy

On April 11, 2016, the European Commission launched a public consultation to evaluate and review Directive 2002/58/EC on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector, also known as the e-Privacy Directive. The consultation will be open through July 5, 2016.

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European Parliament Adopts Position on Data Breach Notification Requirement for Telecoms and ISPs

Hunton Privacy

On May 6, 2009, the proposed amendments to the e-Privacy Directive received a second reading in the European Parliament. In addition to other measures, it will include a definition of “personal data breach” and will introduce a data breach notification requirement.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Dixons Carphone admitted suffering a major data breach in July 2017, involving 5.9 million personal data records, and a second breach, in which customers’ names, addresses and email addresses were accessed.

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Privacy as a “Fundamental Right” Clouds Smart Regulation

Data Matters

*Originally Published July 12, 2018 by Chambers and Partners Data Protection & Cyber Security 2018. In December 2009, with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights guaranteed both privacy and data protection as two of the Charter’s 50 enumerated fundamental rights.

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