Hunton Privacy

JUNE 29, 2020

Zeyn Bhyat of ENSafrica reports that on June 22, 2020, it was announced that South Africa’s comprehensive privacy law known as the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (the “POPIA”) will become effective on July 1, 2020. Accountability: This condition requires that all processing of data occurs in compliance with POPIA.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 1, 2019

If this happens, many organisations will be left without any practical solution to legitimise the international transfer of personal data outside the EEA and exposure to the threat of GDPR revenue based fines, regulatory sanctions including injunctions and third party claims for compensation.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 1, 2020

The Data Protection Act 1998 does not exclude the imposition of vicarious liability for statutory or common law wrongs. In November 2013, an aggrieved Morrisons employee, Andrew Skelton, downloaded payroll data he was entrusted with at work onto a personal USB stick. Background.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 4, 2013

On May 31, 2013, the Council of the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs released a draft compromise text in response to the European Commission’s proposed General Data Protection Regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”). Currently, the Presidency is held by Ireland, with Lithuania taking over on July 1 for the second half of 2013.

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Data Matters

APRIL 20, 2020

Andrew Skelton was an auditor in Morrisons’ audit team who bore a grudge against his employer following disciplinary proceedings for minor misconduct in July 2013. In November 2013, during an external audit, Skelton had to provide payroll data to KMPG, which he duly did. 1 [2016] UKSC 11. 2 [2002] UKHL 48.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Also in January, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) fined Carphone Warehouse £400,000 – one of the largest fines it issued under the DPA (Data Protection Act) 1998 – for multiple security inadequacies that led to a 2015 data breach in which three million customers’ personal data was compromised.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

We want businesses to ensure that their customers and future customers have consented to having their personal data processed, but we also need to ensure that the enormous potential for new data rights and freedoms does not open us up to new threats. Where she finds criminality, she can prosecute.

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