Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Digital Operation Resilience Act is imminent What happened : On 28 November 2022, the European Union finalised the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”). The UK Government followed on 30 November 2022 with an announcement about its own expanded measures, which focus in particular on critical digital infrastructure.

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Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For example, the Garante notes the need to incorporate data protection by design and by default principles within any AI systems used in the healthcare space. In particular, the paper recommends the use of internal data access controls, regular auditing of data security measures, and the use of data protection impact assessments.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

As we covered here , last October, the CNIL fined Clearview AI €20 million for various data protection violations, including “intrusive and massive” data processing without consent or a valid legitimate interest. 82 (see our May 2021 , August 2021 , and October 2022 blog posts for previous developments).

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Inside Privacy

MARCH 9, 2023

On March 7, 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) published its annual report for 2022. The report reflects the DPC’s reputation as both an active enforcer of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and a contributor to policy development at national and EU levels.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Key takeaways this April include: UK children’s data protection 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.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

UK ICO updates guidance to clarify requirements for fairness in AI What happened : The UK ICO has updated its existing Guidance on AI and data protection following requests from industry to clarify requirements for fairness in AI. Norwegian Data Protection Authority fines medical device company c.$240,000

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

They are also reminded of their obligation to maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures in relation to their data processing, and may wish to review their compliance with these measures. It remains to be seen whether data protect authorities will provide guidance on how to interpret the “draw strongly” condition.

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Debevoise Data Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

On 18 July 2022, the UK government published the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the “Bill”), which proposes reforms to the UK’s data protection and e-privacy landscape in-line with the National Data Strategy.

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Debevoise Data Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

. : Business may want to revisit their cross-border data transfer arrangements following the new adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, assess whether they are eligible to self-certify and, if they are, whether it makes sense to. Data Privacy Framework (the “DPF”). Data Privacy Framework (the “DPF”).

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Legal IT Group

JANUARY 17, 2023

Therefore, individual states took matters into their own hands and passed local laws to protect the privacy of their residents. Virginia The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act ( VCDPA ) was adopted in the spring of 2021 and came into force on January 01, 2023.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The court also struck out the claimant’s negligence claim on the grounds that: (i) case law has established that negligence cannot be pleaded alongside Data Protection Act claims; and (ii) “distress” does not constitute damage, as required for a successful negligence claim.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Russia has enacted amendments to its Personal Data Law (the “ Amendments ”) that may have a significant impact on companies operating in Russia. The Amendments became effective on September 1, 2022, save for certain provisions that will become effective on March 1, 2023.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Last year, yet again, saw significant GDPR enforcement actions, important regulatory guidance, and an abundance of European legislative activity touching on cyber, data protection and AI-regulatory issues. officials in April 2022 finally struck a deal to enable a GDPR Article 45 adequacy decision for the U.S. covered here ).

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new tech law blog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

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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Legal IT Group

JANUARY 30, 2023

This is the amount of a fine paid by a well-known company for violating the rules of the European General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR). In this article, you will learn about the top 7 largest fines of 2022 and the personal data practices that should be avoided in your business. And 405,000,000 EUR?

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Technology Law Dispatch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

There is more clarity on the views of the UK data protection authority on whether a “Reject All” option in the first layer of a cookie consent management solution is required. This is more likely be compliant with data protection law, as firms will be better placed to demonstrate that the user has a genuine free choice.“

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new tech law blog

MARCH 10, 2023

“Dark patterns” used by online platform providers have been controversial for some time, but recently there has been a growing buzz about them, in particular due to actions undertaken by EU and national data protection and consumer protection authorities. was adopted on 14 March 2022.)

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Technology Law Dispatch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

2022 was another busy year in privacy and data protection. Regulations surrounding privacy and data continue to develop at a rapid pace. Emerging technologies have changed the manner in which personal data is collected and used. As a result, 2023 could be an exciting and a busy year for privacy and data.

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Technology Law Dispatch

APRIL 18, 2023

White paper In July 2022 the AI Regulation Policy Paper set out plans for a risk-based, adaptable regulatory framework. ICO’s updated guidance on AI and Data Protection The ICO issued updated its guidance on AI and Data Protection following requests to clarify requirements for fairness in AI.

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Inside Privacy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On 3 October 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ ICO ”) finalized its Employment practices and data protection − Monitoring workers guidance (“ Guidance ”) to account for new types of work, including work from home, and the use of more sophisticated technologies for monitoring.

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Vogel IT Law

APRIL 4, 2023

The article entitled “Facebook Opposes Irish Data Watchdog’s 265-Million-Euro Fine” ( [link] ) included these comments about Facebook challenge in Irish Court: A High Court justice granted Facebook permission to pursue litigation over the fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission, reported The Irish Times on Monday.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MAY 2, 2023

The African Union (AU) member states and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states are obligated to respect, protect, and promote the right to privacy and personal data protection, as stated in their declarations and conventions. [12] 12] To ensure compliance and mitigate risks, U.S. 15] Ultimately, U.S.

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Ikigai Law

APRIL 30, 2023

This post explores if Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT can collect our data from the Internet without our consent on the ground that the data is in the public domain. It also explores if ChatGPT’s recent ban in Italy over data protection norms has any lessons for India. One that’s similar to the EU approach.

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Technology Law Dispatch

MAY 3, 2023

Background At the end of 2022, the European Commission published its draft adequacy decision on EU-US transfers of personal data. The DPF would allow free and safe data transfers between the EU and the US for US companies self-certified under DPF, bringing many commercial benefits to businesses on both sides. What’s next?

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Technology Law Dispatch

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The national data protection authorities of EU Member States expressly welcomed the LIBE’s proposal to exempt end-to-end encrypted communications from detection orders under the Proposed CSAM Regulation (cf. European Data Protection Board (EDPB), Statement 1/2024 of 13 February 2024 ).

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Technology Law Dispatch

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Tribunal found that, although the data processing activities carried out by Clearview constituted the monitoring of the behaviour of UK data subjects (and therefore fell within the territorial scope of Article 2 UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).),

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new tech law blog

MARCH 14, 2022

This interest was generated among other sources by numerous complaints filed by NOYB—European Center for Digital Rights in the last year with data protection authorities, and has resulted in guidance and several decisions issued by regulators in recent months (e.g. in Austria, Belgium and France).

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Technology Law Dispatch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On 24 November 2022, the Data Protection (Adequacy) (Republic of Korea) Regulations were laid before the UK parliament for approval. The Regulations are due to come into force on 19 December 2022.

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Inside Privacy

JUNE 28, 2023

Late yesterday, the EU institutions reached political agreement on the European Data Act (see the European Commission’s press release here and the Council’s press release here ). The Data Act will sit alongside the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), Data Governance Act, Digital Services Act, and the Digital Markets Act.

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Legal IT Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

First of all, the data can be transferred based on the adequacy decision or subject to appropriate safeguards. Among these safeguards, in particular, are binding corporate rules, standard data protection clauses, code of conduct, and certification mechanism. Then, in 2022, the UK also adopted new SCCs.

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Legal IT Group

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A data protection officer ( DPO ) is a specialist who helps companies ensure compliance with international data protection laws. In a nutshell, the DPO is a key person who helps the company in all business processes to ensure compliance with the data protection law.

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The EU Representative Actions Directive (“RAD”) was meant to have been transposed by all EU member states by December 25, 2022. Since the RAD takes the form of a directive, all EU member states had a period of 2 years ― until December 25, 2022 ― to transpose it into their national legislation.

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Legal IT Group

JANUARY 22, 2024

With this regard, it is essential to know about the privacy legislation of this country since, nowadays, most internet businesses process the personal data of their clients, and they should do it in compliance with data protection laws. ” Thus, the Australian Privacy Act also aims to have a GDPR level of data protection.

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Inside Privacy

APRIL 24, 2023

The White Paper elaborates on the approach to AI set out by the Government in its 2022 AI Governance and Regulation Policy Statement (“Policy Statement” – covered in our blog post here ). On 29 March 2023, the UK Government published a White Paper entitled “A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation” (“White Paper”).

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LawSites

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The remaining two installments will be release early in 2022. The report, The General Counsel Report 2022: Leading with Endurance Through Risk, Culture and Technology Challenges , was conducted by FTI Consulting’s Technology Segment , in partnership with legal and compliance technology company Relativity.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The SCCs and IDTA will be the transfer tool of choice for most companies sending or receiving data from the EEA or UK. Businesses may want to consider carefully what existing agreements need updating and how they will update their data protection compliance procedures to ensure all new agreements use the correct clauses.

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Inside Privacy

MARCH 23, 2023

The recently adopted Digital Services Act (“DSA”) also contains rules on protecting children online – including by not serving them targeted advertising based on profiling. The eID proposal would also enable minors to use their digital identity wallet to prove their age without disclosing other personal data.

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