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A guide to the GDPR for insurance companies

IT Governance

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is designed to harmonise data protection laws across the EU, but certain industries will have to respond differently in order to achieve compliance. A report published by research and consultancy company Celent highlights the challenges that the GDPR presents to insurers.

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CNIL Fines Two Companies of the Carrefour Group €3.05 Million for GDPR and Cookie Violations

Hunton Privacy

On November 26, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €2.25 million on Carrefour France and a fine of €800,000 on Carrefour Banque for various violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act governing the use of cookies.

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These 3 GDPR Requirements You Must Support Today are Nothing Compared With What’s Coming

Reltio

On May 25, 2018 GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) went into effect. The primary objectives of the GDPR are to give control back to their EU citizens and residents over their personal data, to simplify the regulatory environment for international business, and to unify regulations within the European Union.

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What is progressive profiling and how can it benefit your business?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

madhav Tue, 07/04/2023 - 05:10 As the data trust gap between customers and businesses continue to grow, and as third-party cookies become redundant, there is an urgency to adopt a modernized approach to customer data collection. Progressive profiling introduces a fresher and far more proactive take on data collection.

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

These are just some examples of how organizations support data privacy , the principle that people should have control of their personal data, including who can see it, who can collect it, and how it can be used. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today.

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India: New Digital Personal Data Protection Act, Start Planning Now.

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Gwyneth To and Rachel De Souza Start preparing now to comply with India’s new data protection law. In contrast to the current position in India and the EU/UK GDPR, the DPDP Act makes no distinction between personal data and sensitive personal data, but this is quite similar to many other Asia data protection laws.

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CNIL Publishes Guidance on Web Scraping and Re-Use of Publicly Available Online Data for Direct Marketing

Hunton Privacy

Companies that collect, for their own purposes, all the personal data from a given geographic area in online directories and then use the data to send their own direct marketing communications ( e.g. , an insurance company to sell insurance products). In this case, the practice is clearly unlawful.

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