Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Our top five European data protection developments from May are: UK guidance on ransom payments: The UK NCSC and various insurance industry bodies co-published guidance on key considerations for ransomware payments. 22, then there must be sufficient human-involvement in that processing for it to be GDPR-compliant.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Orange established a mobile telephone contract and SIM card without adequately verifying the customer’s data, resulting in identity theft and data processing of a victim’s personal data without consent. To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As covered in our Annual Review , 2020 was a blockbuster year for European data protection. has appealed , both penalties show that companies need to be wary not only of how they treat customer data, but also employee data. Spanish DPA hands CaixaBank record €6m fine. While Notebooksbilliger.de website.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Our top-eleven European data protection 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.

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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

APRIL 26, 2024

Key takeaways from March include: CNIL data security practice guide: The French DPA published an update of its data security practice guide for data protection officers, chief information security officers, computer scientists and legal experts. To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Data protection & 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.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 20, 2021

Here are our highlights: European Commission adopts new Standard Contractual Clauses What happened : As reported in our blog post , the European Commission adopted its new Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) for the cross-border transfer of personal data from the EEA to “third countries”.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

ICO targets the data broking industry : On 27 October, the ICO demanded that Experian make sweeping changes to data protection practices within its direct marketing business within three months or face further enforcement action. We will continue to report on developments as Experian’s appeal progresses.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Third country data transfers : Businesses that transfer personal data outside of the EEA may want to review their transfer mechanisms in light of new guidance on the EU and South East Asia SCCs, and the DPC’s record-breaking €1.2 82 (see our May 2021 , August 2021 , and October 2022 blog posts for previous developments).

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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”).

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Sensitive personal data: The CJEU has clarified that the processing of special category personal data, such as health data, requires a legal basis under both GDPR Art. 6, meaning that businesses may wish to review their records of processing activities to ensure that both are reflected. 9 and GDPR Art. 6 and Art.

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Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this blog post, we outline eight questions businesses may want to ask when developing or adopting new Generative AI tools or when considering new use cases involving GDPR-covered data. Importantly, if you have a lawful basis to process personal data for one purpose (e.g., What can you do? What can you do? What can you do?

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Data Privacy Framework (the “DPF”). The decision enables businesses in Europe to transfer personal data to DPF-certified U.S. businesses without having to implement additional data protection safeguards. Data subjects may lodge complaints through both U.S.- UK and Swiss Data Transfers to the U.S.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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 Data Protection Board, which analyses the decisions made by so-called Lead Supervisory Authorities in this context.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Legislation empowers the European Commission to designate certain tech companies as gatekeepers and impose obligations on them in relation to data, advertising, e-commerce, interoperability, and the commercial relationships between the service providers customers and end users. One idea is the idea of data portability.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Legislation empowers the European Commission to designate certain tech companies as gatekeepers and impose obligations on them in relation to data, advertising, e-commerce, interoperability, and the commercial relationships between the service providers customers and end users. One idea is the idea of data portability.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

27] Examples include the telemarketing sales rule, children’s online privacy protection rule, and health breach notification rule. [28] In order to bring an action under this provision, the FTC must establish that the defendant had actual or constructive knowledge ( e., To subscribe to our Data Blog, please click here.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the Final Rule on Preventing Access to Sensitive Data, creating a comprehensive export control regime to restrict the transfer of bulk sensitive personal and government-related data to foreign adversaries deemed threats to U.S. Engaging in data-mapping exercises may alleviate this burden.

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