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711 articles

Clearview AI: Alignment in Global Enforcement Approach

Investigations into US facial recognition firm Clearview AI by Canadian regulators and UK/Australia yeilded similar findings notwithstanding significant distinctions in legal regimes. Global enforcement cooperation may be viable even without global consenus on the legal framework for privacy regulation.

14 March 2022

Litigation

Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court with Decision on Processing Data for Journalistic Purposes

Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court issued a decision setting out criteria relevant for assessing the balance between the right to freedom of expression and information and the right to the protection of personal data.

11 March 2022

Litigation

What has to be in a copy? – Art 15 GDPR on the European test bench The first preliminary ruling of the Federal Administrative Court concerning information proceedings

For the first time since the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation, the Federal Administrative Court has submitted a request for a preliminary ruling to the European Court of Justice regarding a decision by the data protection authority on the binding interpretation of EU provisions. The subject of the question is the right of access respectively the receipt of a copy of personal data.

3 March 2022

Enforcement & finesBreach notification

Supermarket chain fined for breach of data security duty

Argentina’s data protection authority, the Agency of Access to Public Information, i.e. the controlling authority pursuant to Data Protection Law No. 25,326, sanctioned Cencosud S.A. for breaching the security duty established in the Personal Data Protection Law No. 25.326 (“PDPL”).

25 February 2022

Securing privacy compliance for Virtual Voice Assistants

Virtual Voice Assistants (“VVA”) continue to grow in popularity as the precision of the technology improves. The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently adopted new guidelines addressing how data controllers and data processors shall manage personal data to ensure that their VVAs are compliant with the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

23 February 2022

Enforcement & fines

2021 in GDPR fines

The EU General Data Regulation (GDPR) is among the world's toughest data protection laws. In this article you will have a general overview about the fines imposed by control authorities in 2021.

21 February 2022

Activity of the Personal Data Supervisory Authority in Monaco

The Personal Data Supervisory Authority (hereinafter "CCIN") has published its 12th Activity Report covering the year 2020. This article outlines its activities in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic (1) and its consultation on the government's draft law on the protection of personal data (2), which has just been tabled in Parliament.

8 February 2022

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A new member has joined the INPLP: Katie Hewson (United Kingdom)

Stephenson Harwood is a law firm with over 1100 people worldwide, including more than 180 partners. They assemble teams of bright thinkers to match their clients' needs and give the right advice from…

3 February 2022

AI & automation

UK’s proposed data protection reforms - a step in the wrong direction?

The proposed reforms to data protection laws by the UK government are ones that have been longed promised in a post-Brexit world and their aim is to create an ambitious, pro-growth and innovation-friendly data protection regime. This article explores some of the key proposals, the current environment in which these proposals are operating in and the effects they could have on the future of data protection laws in the UK and beyond, especially the EU adequancy decision.

2 February 2022

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New members have joined the INPLP: Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Mara (India)

BTG Legal is a disputes and transactional law firm with best-of-breed technical expertise, a culture of innovation, and an unrelenting commitment to excellence. They are particularly focused on the fo…

31 January 2022

Employment data

PROCESSING COVID-19 VACCINATION DATA OF EMPLOYEES IN ROMANIA: OPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS

The processing of COVID-19 related health data is certainly a hot and/or unsettled legal matter everywhere in the world. This article presents the Romanian status and expectations as of 28 December 2021.

28 January 2022

Ecuador is building its future on data (protection)

Ecuador joins the party of personal data protection with the issuance of its new law on the subject and leaves the group of regional countries that do not have this type of regulations. It includes elements of the standard set by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and adapts the standard to Ecuador's complex regulatory framework.

26 January 2022

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