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The Impact of Data Protection Laws on Your Records Retention Schedule

ARMA International

Introduction to Data Protection Laws. Data protection laws, regulations, and rules control the collection, use, transfer, and storage of personal and sensitive information. Personal data protection requirements may be issued by federal, state (provincial), or local governments.

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Revised Privacy Shield Documents Leaked to Politico

Hunton Privacy

On June 29, 2016, Politico reported that it has obtained updated EU-U.S. Certain aspects of the prior Privacy Shield framework were criticized by the Article 29 Working Party , the European Parliament and the European Data Protection Supervisor. Privacy Shield documents following the latest negotiations between U.S.

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Data Enrichment, People Data Labs and Another 622M Email Addresses

Troy Hunt

I've become more familiar with this sector over recent years due to the frequency with which it's been suffering data breaches that have ultimately landed in my inbox. i'm also the creator of the data breach aggregation service known as "have i been pwned". The vast majority of people want to know where their data has been exposed.

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SCHREMS 2.0 – the demise of Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield?

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

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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Transfers on Trial: Privacy Shield and Standard Contractual Clauses go before the European Courts

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

A week later, on 9 July, the CJEU will hear arguments in Schrems II , in which the Irish High Court has referred 11 questions relating to whether the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) provide an adequate level of protection for personal data which is transferred to the US.

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

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

As this concept heavily focusses on the (group) turnover of the infringing controller or processor, it led to a significant increase of the amount of individual fines in Germany, see for example Berlin DPA v. Deutsche Wohnen SE. The case: 1&1 Telecom GmbH v. German fining guidelines not compliant with GDPR.

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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

It confessed to another data leak in January 2017. In May 2016, one of its websites was hacked, resulting in 430,000 people having their personal information stolen. Also in 2016, a security researcher found and reported a basic security vulnerability in its main website. Take one example: credit freezes.