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Is it still necessary for data protection laws to have particular processing rules for specific types pf personal data?

Data Protector

European laws have special rules for the processing of “sensitive data” or “special category data” regardless of the context within which the data will be processed. If asked, many people might argue that such information was far more sensitive than information relating to their trade union membership, ethnic origin or religion.

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Data Privacy Day: Looking Back on the Privacy Events of 2020

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data Privacy Day: Looking Back on the Privacy Events of 2020. Each year, the world observes Data Privacy Day on January 28th. It also considers how some businesses might not be taking the privacy of their corporate or customer data seriously. The theme for Data Privacy Day 2021 is “Own Your Privacy.”

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CJEU Rules on Processing of Sensitive Data and Compensation Under the GDPR

Hunton Privacy

On December 21, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgment in the case of Krankenversicherung Nordrhein (C-667/21) in which it clarified, among other things, the rules for processing special categories of personal data (hereafter “sensitive personal data”) under Article 9 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (..)

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Data Beyond Borders: The Schrems II Aftermath

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

On July 16, 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union issued the Schrems II decision in the case Data Protection Commission v. That decision invalidates the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, on which more than 5,000 U.S. Data Beyond Borders: The Schrems II Aftermath.

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The UK and the US Build a ‘Data Bridge’ to Facilitate Personal Data Movements

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The new “data bridge” would extend the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The EU GDPR and its UK counterpart have regulations regarding transferring personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). The legal tools/mechanisms to transfer personal data are split in two main categories. How do Businesses Comply with GDPR?

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Consumer privacy reaches the U.S. with the California Consumer Privacy Act

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

This time, California is the first to take a page from the European Union. On the heels of the sweeping Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that took effect on May 25, 2018, the state of California moved quickly, passing its version of a consumer privacy law a month later, on June 28th. Right to DELETE your data.

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Let’s give a look at the Dark Web Price Index 2022

Security Affairs

Privacy Affairs published the Dark Web Index, an analysis of prices for illegal services/products available in the black marketplaces and related to the period between February 2021 and June 2022. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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