Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite (C‑340/21), in which it clarified, among other things, the concept of non-material damage under Article 82 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the rules governing burden of proof under the GDPR. Read the judgement.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Legal Experts Suspect So, But Investigation Could Take a Year or More Will Marriott be the first organization that lost control of Europeans' personal data to feel the full force of the EU's General Protection Regulation?

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Video Streamer Pays 800,000 Euros to Settle Probe of Privacy and Security Practices The French data protection authority fined Discord 800,000 euros for privacy and security practices that violate the General Data Protection Regulation.

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

Now that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for over a year, you’ve likely become acquainted with the term ‘personal data’ But what exactly does personal data mean? What is personal data? What is sensitive personal data? A home address.

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IT Governance

MAY 25, 2023

billion fine for Meta – by far the biggest fine issued under the GDPR since it took effect five years ago – has been taken by many as a sign that the Regulation is at last beginning to be enforced with sufficient vigour. Monday’s €1.2 Our team will review your suppliers’ privacy notices and other supporting information.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2018

When organisations transfer data, they inevitably compromise its security to some degree. It’s no longer secured behind physical defences, such as in a locked drawer in the organisation’s secure premises, and the means of transfer can be lost, stolen or hacked. Data transfers. Pseudonymisation and encryption.

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IT Governance

APRIL 18, 2018

An integral part of your EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance project is producing appropriate documentation, which includes a personal data breach notification procedure. What is a personal data breach? Loss of availability of personal data. Data controller to data subject.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

SHIFT Counsellors at Law reports from Indonesia that The People’s Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia has ratified Indonesia’s draft law on personal data protection. The law, which is partly modeled on the EU General Data Protection Regulation, is Indonesia’s first “umbrella regulation” on personal data protection.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 22, 2021

But in order for businesses to maintain compliance with major privacy laws , they have to have security measures in place before an attack. The regulations from GDPR, PIPL, and CCPA are especially prevalent to MSPs and software vendors because they get access to data from so many organizations, but all businesses need to comply with them.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) confirming that SEC-regulated UK domiciled firms (“ UK Regulated Firms ”) can share personal data with the SEC when seeking to comply with regulatory obligations, in compliance with the UK GDPR. As the GDPR places restrictions on the transfer of personal data to the U.S.,

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Data Breach Today

JULY 10, 2019

Privacy Regulator's Clear Security Message: Act Now to Avoid 'Disappointment' The data protection gloves have finally come off in Europe after GDPR enforcement began last May - the U.K.'s Consider the tables now turned on firms that fail to properly safeguard personal data.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , all personal data breaches must be recorded by the organisation and there should be a clear and defined process for doing so. In this blog, we take a look at the scenarios in which data protection breaches in schools must be reported.

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IT Governance

JULY 18, 2018

Now that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for a couple of months, you’ve hopefully become acquainted with its definition of personal data: “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”. What is personal data? Location data.

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IT Governance

JULY 2, 2020

What is the GDPR? The Regulation came into effect on 25 May 2018, and was designed to strengthen the rights of EU residents regarding the way organisations process and use their personal data. First, the UK has implemented the UK DPA (Data Protection Act) 2018 , which adopts the GDPR into national law.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

October 12, 2023, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced a €600,000 fine for mass media company Groupe Canal+ for failing to comply with its commercial prospecting obligations applicable under the French Post and Electronic Communications Code and several obligations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

During COVID-19 outbreak data processors have to be extra vigilant to maintain their compliance with data protection authorities like GDPR. It has imposed online learning and earning, which in turn has open new doors of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. COVID-19 Remote Working – GDPR Data Security Checklist.

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IT Governance

MARCH 17, 2022

The tech giant, formerly known as Facebook, violated several GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requirements, and more than 30 million people have been affected. The DPC began its inquiry in 2018 – shortly after the GDPR took effect – after it received a dozen breach notifications from Facebook.

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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.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 26, 2023

The Guidance sits alongside the ICO’s recommendation that organisations should, if they haven’t already, start using PETs to share personal data safely, securely and anonymously. The Guidance clarifies that there is no definition of PETs within data protection law and that the concept covers various technologies and techniques.

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IT Governance

MARCH 28, 2021

In 2020, organisations received €182 million (about £155 million) in fines for violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , according to an IT Governance report. Our GDPR Fines Quarterly Report revealed that more than two thirds of that total – €110 million (£94 million) – came in the final quarter of the year.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 30, 2021

The Draft Guidance also applies to all organizations that process children’s data, not just providers of Information Society Services (“ISS”), and has a broader scope than the ICO Age Appropriate Code, covering issues such as how to address security standards, handle data breaches and use biometrics.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta’s WhatsApp €5.5 million for violating data protection laws. by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). million (for breaches of the GDPR relating to its service).”

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

On 2 September 2021, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced it has imposed a €225 million administrative fine against WhatsApp Ireland Limited , as well as a reprimand and an order to bring its processing into compliance. This is the highest GDPR fine ever issued by the DPC, and the second highest by any EU regulator to date.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 19, 2020

Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has become the first organisation fined under the GDPR in Ireland. The Irish Data Protection Commission filed papers in the Circuit Court on Friday to confirm the €75,000 fine against the Agency. Eilis McDonald & John Magee. It is reported the fine will not be challenged by Tusla.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 27, 2021

On August 19, 2021, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) approved the criteria for three certification schemes, as required under Article 42(5) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”). Certification schemes are one method for organizations to demonstrate compliance with the UK GDPR.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In contrast to personal injury claims where lawyers have (hundreds of) years of case law to call upon to help calculate compensation, there is comparatively little case law considering how compensation will be calculated for distress when personal data are processed in breach of GDPR. There must be some objective harm.

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Data Matters

MARCH 25, 2020

On 20 March 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“ EDPB ”) released a statement on the protection of personal data in connection with measures that public authorities and business organizations (including employers) are taking to address the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Data protection principles.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 1, 2018

Around the world, enterprises are anxious about May 25, 2018, the day enforcement begins for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). And, with potential fines of up to four percent of global revenues or 20 million EUR (whichever is higher), the GDPR has the attention of CEOs and Boards of Directors.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 27, 2023

In the course of this cyber-attack, personal data – mainly tax and social security information – of approximately 4 million Bulgarian citizens (or approximately 6 million citizens in total, including foreign citizens) had been accessed and published on the Internet. 82 (1) GDPR.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 21, 2018

The enactment of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a significant milestone for virtually every international business. The following overview touches on some of the most critical elements that are required for GDPR compliance. Data Autonomy and Sovereignty. Fine-Grained Access Control.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On May 18, 2022, the ICO issued an enforcement notice requiring that Clearview delete the personal data of UK individuals collected through the use of its facial recognition technology and held in its database (the “Notice”), as well as a fine of £7.5 Among other submissions, Clearview, which is based in the U.S.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 17, 2020

In the second quarter of 2020, data protection bodies across Europe issued at least 46 administrative fines under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , with the penalties totalling nearly €2.9 Download GDPR Fines Quarterly Report: Q2 2020. Spain is responsible for by far the most GDPR fines. million (£2.6

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 22, 2020

Two years after the GDPR entered into force, the European Commission ( EC ) issued its first evaluation of the GDPR. Individuals are increasingly aware of the GDPR and their GDPR rights. However, the right to data portability is still not used to its full potential. The GDPR’s international data transfer toolbox.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 19, 2021

The third annual DLA Piper GDPR fines and data breach survey which we launched today reflects how the current circumstances have affected the privacy landscape across the 31 European countries surveyed. The report includes key GDPR metrics compiled from data from the 27 EU Member States plus the UK, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The TCF is a GDPR consent solution developed by IAB Europe that has become a widely used approach to collecting and managing consent for targeted advertising cookies in the EU. The Belgian DPA found that IAB Europe does not have a legal basis for the processing of personal data through the TCF. Background.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2024

DSAR and CIAM: A Strategic Guide for Businesses madhav Tue, 05/07/2024 - 09:30 Introduction to Data Subject Access Requests and CIAM When the GDPR was enforced in 2018, it set out to give individuals control over their data by granting eight data subject rights.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the world becomes more digital and connected, it is no surprise that data privacy and security is a growing concern for small to medium sized businesses — SMBs. Related: GDPR sets new course for data privacy. It should be no surprise that data security regulations are on the rise.

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