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Russia: Main Takeaways from Roskomnadzor’s Open Doors Day

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

During the occasion, Roskomnadzor officers presented on the authority’s 2017 enforcement activities. 2017 Roskomnadzor Enforcement Highlights. The Roskomnadzor looked into the data subjects’ complaints and found violations of applicable data protection laws in 5.4% We summarize the key takeaways below.

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Jamaica’s New Privacy Protection Bill

Data Matters

On 10 October 2017, Jamaica introduced into its House of Parliament a comprehensive Bill for privacy and data protection, entitled “An Act to Protect the Privacy of Certain Data and for Connected Matters.” If passed, the new law will be named the “Data Protection Act, 2017.” .

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CNIL Unveils 2019 Inspection Program and 2018 Annual Activity Report

Hunton Privacy

percent compared to the number of complaints in 2017). This upward trend was confirmed in the first few months of 2019, and may be due to the media impact of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and increased public awareness. percent of complaints); the banking/credit sector (8.9 percent of complaints); and.

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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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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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Singapore proposes changes to cybersecurity and data protection regimes

Data Protection Report

In a bid to keep pace with advancements in the technological landscape, the Singapore Government has in recent months embarked on public consultations on its draft Cybersecurity Bill (the Cyber Bill) and its proposed amendments to Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to update the country’s data protection regime.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

Relatively recent advances in technology — smartphones and social media, in particular — have allowed businesses to collect, store, and find ways to monetize far more personal data than ever before. social security and credit card numbers, employee and patient health data, and customer financial records).”43

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