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Over-Retention of Personal Data

Data Protection Report

The declining cost of electronic data storage may have caused some company executives to conclude that retaining personal data forever is “cheap.” The matter involved one of France’s largest insurers, SGAM AG2R LA MONDIALE, which was subject to an inspection by the French data protection authority (the CNIL), in 2019.

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India Poised to Enact Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

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On August 9, 2023, India’s upper house ( i.e. , Rajya Sabha) passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (“DPDPB”), two days after India’s lower house ( i.e. , Lok Sabha) passed the legislation. The DPDPB now heads to India President Droupadi Murmu for signature.

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Thailand Personal Data Protection Law

Data Protection Report

The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. However, most of the operational provisions, including provisions relating to the rights of a data subject, the obligations of a data controller and the penalties for non-compliance, will become effective on 27 May 2020, 1 year after the PDPA is published. Definition of Personal Data.

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India Releases Revised Non-Personal Data Framework

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On December 16, 2020, the Committee of Experts within India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) (the “Committee”) issued a revised report on the Non-Personal Data Governance Framework (the “NPDF”) for India (the “Revised Committee Report”).

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Europe: CJEU decision – Right of access to individual recipients of personal data

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On 12 January 2023, the European Court of Justice (“ CJEU ”) delivered its judgment regarding the right of access to personal data under Article 15 GDPR. The CJEU held that when exercising their right of access under the GDPR, data subjects must be provided with the individual data recipients of their personal data.

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Selling and utilising personal data in an insolvency situation

Data Protection Report

For example, in February of this year, the FCA and ICO issued a joint statement warning regulated firms and insolvency practitioners of their responsibilities when dealing with personal data. What are the legal mechanisms to sell or utilise personal data in an insolvency situation? Asset sales.

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New Hampshire Becomes 15th State to Enact a Comprehensive State Privacy Law

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The thresholds are closer to those of, e.g. , Delaware’s Personal Data Privacy Act (H.B. Controller Obligations Similar to most of the comprehensive state privacy laws, SB 255 contains fundamental data minimization, purpose limitation and data protection requirements.

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