Data Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2017

On 28 November 2017, the Article 29 Working Party (the “ WP29 ”) published detailed draft guidelines on consent under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “ GDPR ”), which is to come into effect on 25 May 2018. Under the GDPR, consent is one of six legal bases to process personal data. Explicit Consent?

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 21, 2021

The speed of its passing has left multinational businesses scrabbling to understand the key compliance obligations. While many of the practical compliance steps will be detailed in measures and guidelines to be published over the coming weeks and months, here’s what we already know: 1.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Twitter estimated that 88,726 Twitter users in Europe were affected between September 5, 2017 and January 11, 2019. This bug impacted Twitter users on Android devices who had changed the email address associated with their Twitter accounts. The bug was discovered on December 26, 2018.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

How to properly calculate administrative fines for non-compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘ GDPR ’) is one of the most important questions when applying the GDPR on practical level, e.g. : What is actually meant by the reference to “undertaking” in Article 83 (4) to (6) GDPR? million Euro as was too high.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 30, 2019

On April 11, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Beijing Network Industry Association and the Third Research Institution of the Ministry of Public Security jointly released a “Guide to Protection of Security of Internet Personal Information (the “Guide”). Application.

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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 Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

In a bid to keep pace with advancements in the technological landscape, the Singapore Government has in recent months embarked on public consultations on its draft Cybersecurity Bill (the Cyber Bill) and its proposed amendments to Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to update the country’s data protection regime.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 2, 2018

The May 25, 2018 effective date for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will no doubt be a central focus of 2018. Europe’s omnibus new framework for data protection law applies to (almost) all entities that collect and process EU personal data regardless of where the data are processed.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 29, 2019

Opinion 5/2019 on the interplay between the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR, particularly regarding the competence, tasks, and powers of data protection authorities (12.3.2019) – The EDPB confirmed that where the ePD provides for a more specific rule than the GDPR, the specific rule will prevail.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 10, 2019

The Measures, which, when finalized, will be legally binding, supplement the Cybersecurity Law of China (the “Cybersecurity Law”) that took force on June 1, 2017, with detailed and practical requirements for network operators who collect, store, transmit, process and use data within Chinese territory.

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IT Governance

JUNE 29, 2018

Exactis is yet to confirm or comment on the incident, but if what Wired says is true, the breach would be one of the largest in history – far bigger than last year’s Equifax breach, which saw nearly 150 million consumers’ personal data exposed, although still some way off Yahoo’s record of 3 billion affected accounts.

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Our comments on the draft Cybersecurity Bill which was released for public feedback in connection with the Public Consultation in 2017 as a pre-cursor to the Act, can be accessed here. The 11 critical sectors of essential services that are identified in the Act are: Energy. Creation of a cybersecurity regulator. Info-communications.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Among other news: B&Q breached the personal data of 70,000 people who had been caught stealing products from its stores. Sensitive data belonging to hundreds of German politicians and public figures was published online. Victims of Equifax’s 2017 data breach were given the go-ahead to launch a class-action lawsuit.

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CGI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

While for some, compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was business as usual (BAU), for others it represented a huge effort—and a bit of a panic for a minority. Persistent privacy powers professional businesses. harini.kottees…. Tue, 09/25/2018 - 02:46.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 12, 2018

On 10 July 2018, the Information Commissioner published an update on its investigation into the use of data analytics in political campaigns.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

For example, the New York Department of Financial Services (‘NYDFS’) in March 2017 issued its Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500) (‘the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation’), a groundbreaking and far-reaching regulatory regime focused on financial institutions licensed in New York, including insurance companies.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 30, 2018

be interviewing several industry thought leaders to see what they think are the significant trends for 2017 and, which of those are evident at LTNY. and Mary (as in Mary Mack, Executive Director of ACEDS) and Marc Zamsky (from ComplianceDS) at Ruth’s Chris Steak House at 148 West 51st Street on Wednesday from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Looking more broadly than the retail sector for a moment, the ICO reports that there were a total of 957 data security incidents during the first quarter of 2018 (a 17% increase on Q3) and the World Economic Forum believes that cyber attacks are one of the top five risks to global stability in the next five years, so we all need to take heed.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

On 10 October 2017, Jamaica introduced into its House of Parliament a comprehensive Bill for privacy and data protection, entitled “An Act to Protect the Privacy of Certain Data and for Connected Matters.” If passed, the new law will be named the “Data Protection Act, 2017.” .

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 30, 2019

percent compared to the number of complaints in 2017). This upward trend was confirmed in the first few months of 2019, and may be due to the media impact of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and increased public awareness. percent of complaints); the banking/credit sector (8.9 percent of complaints); and.

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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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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2019

This week, we discuss a high-profile German data breach, the top worst passwords of 2018, the resignation of NHS Digital’s CISO, and Microsoft’s latest patches. Hello and welcome to the first IT Governance podcast of 2019 – for Friday, 11 January. If it’s not too late to say happy new year, happy new year. 123456789.

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