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Employer care vs. data protection - when well-intentioned is not good enough.

The first of May is a public holiday in Germany, among other countries, and is known as Labour Day. To this day, the "Day of the Labour Movement" emphasizes the commitment to family-friendly working hours, fair pay, but also a healthy working environment and the care of the employer. But sometimes, however, the employer is too caring, at least according to the Thuringian State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Thüringer Landesbeauftragten für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit - TLfDI), if there is "only" a collective agreement as a basis for data processing.

7 May 2024

Legislation

The US CHIPS Act of 2022 strengthens Costa Rica's role in the global semiconductor ecosystem

In July 2023, the United States Department of State announced its partnership with the Government of Costa Rica to explore opportunities to diversify and grow the global semiconductor ecosystem and create a more transparent, secure and sustainable global semiconductor value chain. This strategic partnership arises thanks to the CHIPS Act of 2022 that creates the International Technology Security and Innovation Fund (ITSI Fund). A few months later, Costa Rica announces its own roadmap to strengthen its local ecosystem: an inter-institutional initiative that involves more than 20 local public entities, the private sector and academia.

3 May 2024

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