Hunton Privacy

APRIL 28, 2017

On April 27, 2017, the German Federal Parliament adopted the new German Federal Data Protection Act ( Bundesdatenschutzgesetz ) (“new BDSG”) to replace the existing Federal Data Protection Act of 2003. Read the new German Federal Data Protection Act (only available in German). This post has been updated. .

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has fined Heathrow Airport £120,000 for failing to secure sensitive personal data after a member of public found an unencrypted USB stick containing data about the airport’s staff. How did the data breach occur? However, the ICO hasn’t confirmed this.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 12 October. However, it said it had found no evidence that profile data had been misused or that any developer was aware of the bug. This week we discuss the end of Google+, allegations of Chinese motherboard interference, and a £120,000 fine for Heathrow Airport.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. Among other news: B&Q breached the personal data of 70,000 people who had been caught stealing products from its stores. Video-sharing app TikTok agreed to a record $5.7

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The workshop was attended by almost 120 delegates from businesses, 12 data protection authorities (“DPAs”), four EU Member State governments, the EU Commission and the European Data Protection Supervisor, a non-DPA regulator, several academics and the IAPP. Forthcoming Working Party GDPR Guidance.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 30, 2018

be interviewing several industry thought leaders to see what they think are the significant trends for 2017 and, which of those are evident at LTNY. Will we see lawyers subpoena the connected car for its sensor data? How to leverage data security practices to ensure appropriate protection of personal data under the GDPR.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Looking more broadly than the retail sector for a moment, the ICO reports that there were a total of 957 data security incidents during the first quarter of 2018 (a 17% increase on Q3) and the World Economic Forum believes that cyber attacks are one of the top five risks to global stability in the next five years, so we all need to take heed.

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