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CIPL Co-Hosts Workshop on GDPR and Scientific Health Research

Hunton Privacy

On October 22, 2018, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP co-hosted a workshop in Brussels on “Can GDPR Work for Health Scientific Research?” (the Challenges to such advancement, including the consistent application of the GDPR in the medical research sector, were also highlighted.

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CIPL and AvePoint Release Global GDPR Readiness Report

Hunton Privacy

On November 9, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton & Williams LLP and AvePoint released the results of a joint global survey launched in May 2016 concerning organizational preparedness for implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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CNIL Unveils 2017 Inspection Program and 2016 Annual Activity Report

Hunton Privacy

The CNIL estimates that the GDPR will lead to the appointment of a data protection officer in at least 80,000 to 100,000 organizations in France. health and social sector issues such as difficulties accessing medical or social records, and the creation of pharmaceutical records without consent (3 percent of complaints).

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Top 10 for 2018

Data Matters

As we begin this New Year, here is list of the top 10 privacy and cybersecurity issues for 2018: EU GDPR. The May 25, 2018 effective date for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will no doubt be a central focus of 2018. The GDPR expands the rights of EU individuals and the obligations placed on organizations.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

The penalty, which was by far the biggest GDPR fine in the eight months that the Regulation had been in effect, related to two violations: Google had failed to adequately explain to its users why it was collecting their data, and it didn’t document a legal basis for doing so.

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European Commission proposes reinforcement of EU Cybersecurity rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The proposal harmonises both requirements and adds a list of measures that should at a minimum be present. Although there is also an overlap with security and incident report obligations in other instruments such as the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, those remain unaffected by this proposal.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

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. No such language is present in the CCPA. CCPA Background.

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