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HL Chronicle of Data Protection
JULY 7, 2020
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a EUR 830,000 (approximately USD 937,000) fine against the Dutch Credit Registration Bureau (BKR) for violating data subject rights. The fine stems from BKR’s practice of charging fees and discouraging individuals who wanted to access their personal data.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
JANUARY 21, 2019
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].
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DLA Piper Privacy Matters
MARCH 28, 2019
For this reason, it was decided that the members of the former Belgian Privacy Commission would perform the tasks and exercise the power of the BDPA on an interim basis during this transitional period. Prior to that, Hielke served for 12 years at the EDPS, a.o. WHO ARE THE NEW DIRECTORS AND WHAT ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES?
IT Governance
DECEMBER 13, 2018
This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. million US customers had been affected by 2017’s Equifax breach , bringing the total number of victims to 147.9 Dixons Carphone admitted suffering a major data breach in July 2017, involving 5.9
Data Protection Report
JUNE 9, 2022
On 12 May 2022 EDPB adopted Guidelines on the calculation of administrative fines (the Guidelines ). 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.
Data Matters
MARCH 10, 2021
The first draft of the ePrivacy Regulation was approved by the European Commission in 2017 and has since been under discussion in the Council. The GDPR also supplements the ePrivacy rules on the protection of personal data. The EU encourages software developers to develop tools that facilitate this.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. Right to Opt-Out. New Business Obligations.
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