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Update of Japan’s Privacy Law Approved by Cabinet

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

On Tuesday, March 10, the Japanese Cabinet approved a bill to revise the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”), which would require companies to take certain additional measures to protect personal data of data subjects. The last update came into force in May 2017.

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GDPR Italian Implementing Decree Has Been Published

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

101 of 10 August 2018 (the “Decree”) for the national implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) has been published in the Official Journal. The provisions relating to specific processing of personal data (e.g. On 4 September, the Legislative Decree no.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

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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EDPB publishes guidance on calculating GDPR fines

Data Protection Report

The Guidelines supplement the Article 29 Working Party’s Guidelines on the application and setting of administrative fines ( WP253 ) adopted in October 2017 and recommends that the two are read together. Categories of personal data affected (e.g. The variation range in the illustrations is 10%-40% increase or decrease.

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FRANCE: ONE MORE STEP TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF THE NEW FRENCH DATA PROTECTION LAW

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance [1] finalizing, at the legislative level [2] , the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation [3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680 [4]. Following-up the adoption of the GDPR, the French Law No.

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When And How Cos. Should Address Cyber Legal Compliance

Data Matters

*This post originally appeared in Law 360 on October 24, 2017. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued specific guidance on disclosures related to cybersecurity risk and incidents[2] and the manner in which boards exercise responsibility for overseeing and managing risk.[3] We’ve seen it happen time and again. 1] The U.S.

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FTC Posts Eleventh Blog in Its “Stick with Security” Series

Hunton Privacy

On September 29, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission published the eleventh blog post in its “Stick with Security” series. As previously reported , the FTC will publish an entry every Friday for the next few months focusing on each of the 10 principles outlined in its Start with Security Guide for Businesses.

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