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Brazilian Data Protection Law Update – Delayed Enforcement, Lack of Administrative Structure, and Market Unreadiness

Data Matters

Indeed, the comprehensive law has been viewed as a necessary measure for the country to join a select but growing group of nations in the systematic protection of individuals’ personal data. Compliance Costs and the 2020 Crisis. Currently, Brazil faces a growing economic crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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EU Data Retention Directive Invalidated

Hunton Privacy

On April 8, 2014, the European Court of Justice ruled that the EU Data Retention Directive is invalid because it disproportionally interferes with the European citizens’ rights to private life and protection of personal data. The Court’s ruling applies retroactively to the day the Directive entered into force.

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Weekly podcast: A recap of the top stories of 2017 and a look ahead to 2018

IT Governance

This week, we look back at the big news from last year, and consider what the next 12 months have in store. As it’s the first one, let’s have a brief recap of some of last year’s biggest stories, and then look ahead to what we can expect from the next 12 months. Hello and welcome to the first IT Governance podcast of 2018.

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UK Information Commissioner’s Office Publishes Big Data Report

Hunton Privacy

On July 28, 2014, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) released a comprehensive report on Big Data and Data Protection (the “Report”). This is the first big data guidance prepared by a European data protection authority. Comments are due by September 12, 2014.

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Weekly podcast: Google+, Supermicro and Heathrow

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 12 October. However, it said it had found no evidence that profile data had been misused or that any developer was aware of the bug. This week we discuss the end of Google+, allegations of Chinese motherboard interference, and a £120,000 fine for Heathrow Airport.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. Among other news: B&Q breached the personal data of 70,000 people who had been caught stealing products from its stores. Video-sharing app TikTok agreed to a record $5.7

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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.