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UK: ICO ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE ON COVID-19 TESTING AND MONITORING IN THE WORKPLACE

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ ICO ”) has published guidance for employers on complying with data protection law when taking steps to manage Covid-19 health and safety risk in the workplace (“ Guidance ”). This means that the usual data protection principles apply. Appropriate lawful basis.

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German DPA Guidance on Employee Data Protection and COVID-19 Issues

Hunton Privacy

The Conference of German Data Protection Authorities (“DSK”), the body of the federal and state Data Protection Authorities (“DPAs”) in Germany, recently issued joint recommendations regarding employers’ processing of employee personal data in the context of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic.

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EUROPE: New privacy rules for connected vehicles in Europe?

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Adjacent to these initiatives, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently published draft guidelines 1/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications. Hence, personal data can be collected through vehicle sensors, telematics boxes or mobile applications.

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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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Data Protection Regime in Turkey Takes Shape

Data Protection Report

On October 28, 2017, the Turkish Data Protection Authority (the “ Authority ”) published an important regulation supplementing the Law on Protection of Personal Data (the “ Data Protection Law ”), namely the Regulation on the Deletion, Destruction and Anonymization of Personal Data (the “ Regulation ”).