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Our top-five European dataprotection developments from February are: European Commission publishes guidelines on prohibited AI practices : The EU Commission has published non-binding guidance on the EU AI Acts prohibited use cases. Spanish Telecomm Provider Fined 1.2
Our top-eleven European dataprotection developments for the end of 2024 are: EU Cyber Resilience Act: The Council of the European Union approved the Cyber Resilience Act , introducing cybersecurity requirements for digital products sold in the EU. The UK Upper Tribunal did not consider the provisions under the UK GDPR.
Every day, more and more companies face the problem of personal dataprotection. As companies are increasingly scrutinised for proper dataprotection, it’s worth paying close attention to the latest best practices to avoid dealing with the potential negative consequences of a data breach.
New dataprotection laws, increasing regulation, greater risk of cyber attacks: The challenges for entrepreneurs are becoming ever greater. However, compliance can be largely automated through artificial intelligence. On September 1, a new dataprotection law (revDSG) has come into force in Switzerland.
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Our top-five European dataprotection developments from August are: Uber fined for personal data transfer: The Dutch DataProtection Authority fined Uber €290 million for the unlawful transfer of European drivers’ personal data to the U.S., without sufficient safeguards.
million fine against Austrian Post for channelling electronic dataprotection-related inquiries to a web form and not offering an additional email address, irrespective of the data subject option to also use non-electronic postal mail or customer service. These developments, and more, covered below.
EDPB “Consent or pay” models: Businesses operating large online platforms should consider the European DataProtection Board’s recent opinion indicating that “consent or pay” models are unlikely to be GDPR-compliant.
On 8 March 2023, the UK government presented a new version of the UK DataProtection and Digital Information Bill No.2. As with the previous bill, the new bill aims to alleviate the burden of compliance with the UK GDPR and its implementing UK DataProtection Act (2018) for organisations in the UK.
Dataprotection & AI: In particular: (i) the French CNIL published its first set of guidance on GDPR compliance when developing AI tools; and (ii) the UK ICO issued a preliminary enforcement notice against Snap over its AI chatbot, alleging that Snap had not adequately assessed the privacy risks posed to child users of the tool.
Key takeaways this April include: UK children’s dataprotection focus continues: Businesses may wish to review policies and procedures for dealing with children’s data in light of recent UK ICO fines and guidance, especially to ensure that terms of use are adequately enforced. UK ICO fines TikTok £12.7
Key takeaways from March include: CNIL data security practice guide: The French DPA published an update of its data security practice guide for dataprotection officers, chief information security officers, computer scientists and legal experts. These developments, and more, are covered below.
GDPR one-stop-shop: Businesses wishing to take advantage of the GDPR one-stop-shop system should take note of a new digest, published by the European DataProtection Board, which analyses the decisions made by so-called Lead Supervisory Authorities in this context.
But with the increase of business information in layers, comes the challenge of protecting personal and sensitive information, too. Amidst a world where cyber threats are becoming very advanced and prevalent, it is now imperative to uphold robust compliance to security frameworks, as well as sufficient cybersecurity measures , to secure data.
Moreover, since 2018, IAB Ukraine has had its own representative office in Ukraine. Therefore, the Transparency and Consent Framework Canada was created to help all parties in the digital advertising chain comply with Canadian dataprotection legislation when processing online users’ personal data.
On 3 October 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ ICO ”) finalized its Employment practices and dataprotection − Monitoring workers guidance (“ Guidance ”) to account for new types of work, including work from home, and the use of more sophisticated technologies for monitoring.
However, data controllers and processers should be aware that the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) can also carry out dawn raids as part of investigations into compliance with dataprotection laws. unlawfully obtaining personal data). Train key staff on protocols and procedures for dawn raids.
EU authorities have understandably declined to put forward a single list of mandatory data security controls that apply to all companies subject to the GDPR. million fine imposed by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) against Ticketmaster for alleged data security failings that exposed customer payment card data.
On 15 January 2024, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced the launch of a consultation series (“Consultation”) on how elements of dataprotection law apply to the development and use of generative AI (“GenAI”). Interested stakeholders are invited to provide feedback to the ICO by 1 March 2024.
8] Among the mentioned countries, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, and Morocco seem to be suitable markets for entry, as they have established specific laws or regulations to protect consumers, especially in online transactions. [9] companies to take proactive measures to protect their data and adhere to foreign laws.
Or it received a data request from a consumer under the GDPR or California Consumer Privacy Act. If the subpoena issued is in federal litigation, your company is likely responsible for the cost of compliance, especially if it has a connection to the litigation. Who covers the expense in responding to it? 3:14-md-02516 (SRU) (D.
Although the letter was greeted by Acting SEC Chairman Roisman as confirmation that the “ UK GDPR does not impose legal barriers to the transfer of personal data […] directly to the SEC for regulatory or enforcement purposes ”, SEC–Regulated UK Firms may still need to scrutinise data requests and have procedures in place to ensure GDPR compliance.
Check out our blog post on understanding HIPAA compliance for more information. GDPR : To help address global needs for enhanced data security, in 2018, Europe introduced a unified dataprotection law, the General DataProtection Regulations (GDPR). So, it may be a good idea to learn more about GDPR.
The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Pub. 115-141 (2018), or the CLOUD Act, was enacted in the U.S. on March 23, 2018, in response to difficulties U.S. Microsoft litigation, in which Microsoft had argued that it was not required to provide access to its users’ private data stored on Dublin servers.
The recent publication of the SEC’s 2021 Division of Examination Priorities (the “2021 Priorities”) presents an opportunity to look back at the cybersecurity work of the SEC in 2020 and speculate about the SEC’s examination and enforcement priorities for dataprotection in the coming year for RIAs.
Entities transferring personal data outside the European Economic Area on the basis of standard contractual clauses that are no longer in force (where the transfer began before 27 September 2021) should conclude agreements based on new clauses by 27 December 2022.
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One benefit of this approach is that it ensures that the training data will be available for analysis, responding to regulatory inquiries or defending against civil claims for the entire life of the model. Another benefit is the simplicity of the policy, which would make compliance relatively easy. Anonymizing Data after One Year.
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This was even more open to debate, if there is a third violation, the DMA says this is a systematic non-compliance and therefore we should even have stricter fines and the strictest fine can even be that we break up the company. One idea is the idea of data portability. And that is the basic idea of data portability.
This was even more open to debate, if there is a third violation, the DMA says this is a systematic non-compliance and therefore we should even have stricter fines and the strictest fine can even be that we break up the company. One idea is the idea of data portability. And that is the basic idea of data portability.
A senior officer or director of the regulated entity must certify compliance with the NYDFS Cyber Rules annually, including the data minimization obligation. Under this requirement, businesses need to establish time limits for data deletion and to institute a periodic review of the necessity for continued data retention.
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What to do : Entities should check whether they are subject to the DSA as soon as possible and, if they are, start considering how to implement a compliance program to ensure DSA-readiness by February 2024 or, for VLOPs and VLOSEs, potentially on shorter notice.
On March 2, 2023, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (“ONCD”) released the Biden Administration’s (the “Administration”) long-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy (the “Strategy”), the first since the Trump Administration’s strategy was issued in September 2018.
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