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Organisations received £155 million in GDPR fines in 2020

IT Governance

In 2020, organisations received €182 million (about £155 million) in fines for violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , according to an IT Governance report. Our GDPR Fines Quarterly Report revealed that more than two thirds of that total – €110 million (£94 million) – came in the final quarter of the year.

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Data Protection: Where’s the Brexit Privacy Dividend?

Data Protector

One of the Government's core objectives throughout the Brexit negotiations has been to respect data protection rights, slash Brussels' red tape and allow the United Kingdom to be a competitive safe haven for businesses all over the world. The GDPR has had a profound impact on many organisations. This is a process that would never end.

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Organizations Struggle with Cloud Security in the Post Digital Transformation Era – Highlights from our 2020 Data Threat Report-Global Edition

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

2020 marks the launch of the Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition for the seventh consecutive year. The 2020 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition indicates that we have reached a tipping point. Whatever the nature of the data stored in the cloud, it needs to be secured.

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Germany: Bonn Regional Court overrules GDPR Fining Guidelines by German Data Protection Authorities

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Background: How to calculate GDPR fines? 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?

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Irish DPA Issues €450,000 Fine Against Twitter for Data Breach Following EDPB Decision under the GDPR Consistency Mechanism

Hunton Privacy

On December 15, 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) announced its fine of €450,000 against Twitter International Company (“Twitter”), following its investigation into a breach resulting from a bug in Twitter’s design. Investigation and GDPR Dispute Resolution Procedure. The bug was discovered on December 26, 2018.

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Navigating the EU-US Data Protection Framework

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Navigating the EU-US Data Protection Framework sparsh Thu, 01/11/2024 - 05:26 On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted a new adequacy decision regarding the Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). This follows the invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield, by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 16 July 2020.

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CJEU’s Judgment on Validity of EU Standard Contractual Clauses Due July 16, 2020

Hunton Privacy

The AG also raised concerns regarding the Privacy Shield, an alternative mechanism for transferring personal data from the EU to the U.S. The judgment will be of great importance to businesses around the globe, the vast majority of which rely on SCCs to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S., Background to Schrems II.