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Pillsbury - Consumer Protection Dispatch

GDPR Enforcement: Lessons from Recent Data Privacy Penalties

Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing...more

International Lawyers Network

Data Privacy Guide - Czech Republic

Introduction - The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is the EU regulation which is directly applicable in all member states of the EU, including the Czech Republic, as of 25 May 2018. The new...more

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Data Protection in the British Virgin Islands

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The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Data Protection Act, 2021 ("DPA") came into force on 9 July 2021. It was introduced so the BVI would have a data protection framework which is broadly similar to EU and UK standards. To...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Caveat Employer? In the EU and California, Employers Must Beware!

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Employers should have in place a process to delete former employees’ information – including public facing information and photos – to meet their retention limitation requirements, according to the Belgian Data Protection...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - April to June 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata - the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Further Tension Between National Security and Protecting Privacy: Latest EU Judgments

United Kingdom, French and Belgian national security laws (and such laws of other EU Member States) fell under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on October 6, 2020, ruled on whether such...more

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H&M Fined 37.8 Million Dollars for Alleged GDPR Violations

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What Happened? On October 1, 2020, the Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner (“Hamburg DPA”) fined clothing retailer H&M 37.8 million dollars (EURO 35.2 million) for several violations of the GDPR....more

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Client Update: H&M Fined 37.8 Million Dollars for Alleged GDPR Violations

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What Happened? On October 1, 2020, the Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner (“Hamburg DPA”) fined clothing retailer H&M 37.8 million dollars (EURO 35.2 million) for several violations of the GDPR....more

Hogan Lovells

AG Says ePrivacy Applies to Government Access to Communications Data

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On January 15, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) Advocate General (AG) Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered his Opinion on four references for preliminary rulings on the topic of retention of and access...more

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Danish Data Protection Authority Dings Cab Company For Data Minimization Violations

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GDPR Data minimization in action. Danish Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) finds cab company Taxa 4×35’s records retention practices in violation of the GDPR data minimization principle. The cab company removed names...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

A Human Resources Manager’s Guide to the GDPR (Part 4)

This article is Part 4 of our series on the GDPR for U.S.-based companies. Part 1 assisted U.S.-based companies in determining whether the GDPR applies to them; Part 2 provided an overview of the GDPR’s key concepts and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy Matters, Featuring Data Flows - February 2018

This issue of Privacy Matters examines the flow of personal data. Creating a data map is a quick way to identify, understand and record what happens to any personal data you have. Data maps should be kept on file and should...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Internet Privacy – What the U.S. Can Learn from the European Union

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With respect to Internet privacy, as a result of recent U.S. government action, Americans now have less protection and are more at risk of government surveillance and potential misuse of their personal information, as...more

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The ECJ Rules on the Compatibility with EU Law of Domestic Data Retention Requirements Imposed on Providers of Electronic...

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After its invalidation of the data retention requirements imposed by Directive 2006/24/EC in its Digital Rights Ireland decision dated 8 April 2014, the ECJ was requested to assess the compatibility with the Directive...more

Proskauer on Privacy

CJEU holds that mass surveillance must not be general and indiscriminate

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The CJEU (the European Union Court of Justice) has handed down a decision which makes clear that general and indiscriminate retention of electronic communications is unlawful. National legislation of each European Member...more

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European DPAs Issue First GDPR Guidance

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On Friday, the Article 29 Working Party issued official guidance relating to the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. The Article 29 Working Party is comprised of representatives of the various EU Member States’ data...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Shield is Finally Official

The EU Commission has formally adopted Privacy Shield and the US Department of Commerce will go live with a new Privacy Shield registration website on August 1. US companies that had been registered under Safe Harbor will...more

McGuireWoods LLP

2016: A Turning Point For Personal Data Protection

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In 2015, a number of high-profile media and political events and several legal cases raised questions about personal data protection in the European Union. 2016 looks to be a pivotal year for reforms in personal data...more

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The German Perspective: EU and U.S. Data Protection “Umbrella Agreement”

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After over four years of negotiations, the European Union and the United States have agreed on a framework data protection agreement on 8 September 2015 (Umbrella Agreement). The Umbrella Agreement covers all personal data...more

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