Legal IT Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

Those who process personal data of EU residents should comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. Non-compliance with GDPR may result in hefty fines and reputational losses. However, it is not enough to just formally have such policies in place.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

Given that AI models require large swathes of data to operate, the GDPRs expansive definition of personal data means that many applications of AI involve complex data protection issues especially where those datasets are obtained from third-party sources.

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Legal IT Group

JUNE 12, 2023

Every day, more and more companies face the problem of personal data protection. As companies are increasingly scrutinised for proper data protection, it’s worth paying close attention to the latest best practices to avoid dealing with the potential negative consequences of a data breach.

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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. Conclusion What does it actually mean for business?

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Inside Privacy

MAY 12, 2023

In May 2023, the Spanish Supervisory Authority (“SA”) issued a detailed guidance paper on GDPR compliance in the context of data spaces.

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Inside Privacy

JANUARY 22, 2024

In December 2023, the Dutch SA fined a credit card company €150,000 for failure to perform a proper data protection impact assessment (“DPIA”) in accordance with Art. 35 GDPR for its “identification and verification process”. The DPO was also not sufficiently involved in the assessment.

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Inside Privacy

APRIL 28, 2023

On 29 March 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published updated Guidance on AI and data protection (the “Guidance”) following “requests from UK industry to clarify requirements for fairness in AI”. Additionally, the ICO have added a new annex on data protection fairness considerations across the AI lifecycle.

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MatterSuite

MAY 8, 2023

Therefore, it is crucial for legal businesses to implement robust cyber security for law firm compliance measures to protect themselves and their clients. What is Cyber Security Compliance? Compliance requirements are usually set by government and regulatory bodies, as well as industry associations.

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Technology Law Dispatch

JUNE 23, 2023

On 19 June 2023, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released new Guidance on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) for Data Protection Compliance. Understanding PETs PETs are software and hardware systems that can help minimize use of personal data use while maximizing information security.

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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

MARCH 14, 2023

Following a report, the French supervisory authority (“CNIL”) audited two organizations carrying out medical research in early 2022 to check their compliance with these requirements. Despite being found in breach of the French data protection rules, none of the audited organizations were fined.

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Legal Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

New data protection 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 data protection law (revDSG) has come into force in Switzerland.

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Relativity

MARCH 13, 2025

Ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations is not only a legal obligation; it’s a critical component of maintaining customer trust and safeguarding sensitive information. In 2025, several new regulations are expected to be enacted.

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Legal IT Group

JUNE 5, 2023

A data protection impact assessment (DPIA) sounds like something big, complicated and problematic. DPIA stands for Data Protection Impact Assessment. A DPIA is typically conducted when a new project involving the specific processing of personal data is being implemented. Well, it is true. Let’s check.

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Legal IT Group

JANUARY 10, 2023

Since the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many companies processing the data of Europeans have faced the task of achieving the much desired GDPR-compliance. Why do we need this?

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Debevoise Data Blog

AUGUST 27, 2024

Building on prior European guidance , the French and Irish DPAs published guidance on the deployment of generative AI, large language models and data protection. To that end, the EDPB proposed designating DPAs as the “national competent authorities” under the AI Act to create a single point of contact.

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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. These developments are covered in more detail below.

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Legal IT Group

APRIL 2, 2025

Even though the lack of privacy measures will have the same data leakage, IoT developers still shall take all appropriate actions to protect the personal data of its users. Internet of Things and General Data Protection Regulation. Then what to consider when creating IoT devices for compliance with the GDPR?

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

20, is similar to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applies to any organization that has employees in China or does business in China. China’s new law, just passed on Aug. Organizations must comply with the law by Nov.

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Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

million fine against Austrian Post for channelling electronic data protection-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. See , our post on what to do in light of the new EU SCCs.

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Legal IT Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (or LGPD), similar to GDPR, CCPA and PIPEDA, regulates personal data protection. If the company does not process personal data in Brazil but still processes data to offer or supply goods or services to Brazil, the LGPD also applies in this case. Apparently not.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MAY 28, 2024

EDPB “Consent or pay” models: Businesses operating large online platforms should consider the European Data Protection Board’s recent opinion indicating that “consent or pay” models are unlikely to be GDPR-compliant.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

There were a few European data protection developments in February that companies may want to have on their radar. On the regulatory front, German DPAs have set up a taskforce to conduct random checks on companies’ cross-border data transfer compliance following Schrems II. We cover those developments (and more) below.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Our top-five European data protection developments from August are: Uber fined for personal data transfer: The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber €290 million for the unlawful transfer of European drivers’ personal data to the U.S., without sufficient safeguards.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The AEPD held that a DPO cannot hold a position that leads them to determine the purposes and means of data processing. The scale and data protection risks associated with such technologies has been further complicated recently by their increasing integration with artificial intelligence systems.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

million for vendor oversight failings, unlawful cross-border transfers What happened : The AEPD, the Spanish data protection authority (“DPA”), fined Vodafone Spain €8.15 4 million was for allegedly deficient oversight of Vodafone’s data processors. Here are our highlights of what you need to know.

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Ikigai Law

AUGUST 9, 2023

No piece of legislation has taken more punches than our elusive data protection law. The data law is nearly here! The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was introduced in Parliament on 3 August 2023. Say you are a payment aggregator or a KYC service provider or an AI-based data analytics service provider.

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Technology Law Dispatch

OCTOBER 26, 2023

On 3 October 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office organised its annual Data Protection Practioner’s Conference 2023 (DPPC 2023). Any framework could be used as a baseline as long as the focus is on security as an outcome and not compliance. Here are the takeaways from the DPPC 2023 (the event sessions available here ).

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Privacy and Data Protection , a leading UK journal on practical data protection compliance issues, has featured in its latest edition an article by Robert Maddox and Stephanie Thomas on the hallmarks of effective data protection by design and default under the EU and UK GDPR.

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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

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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Legal IT Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction In our previous articles , we have already drawn your attention to the Brazilian data protection legislation which is quite similar to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Also, the ANPD has shared a new form which should be used for sending security incident reports by a data controller.

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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 billion fine against Meta. These developments, and more, covered below. (1)

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Legal IT Group

APRIL 2, 2025

Definition of personal data 1.2. Rights of data subjects 1.4. Privacy concepts and roles Technologies, most impacting on privacy and data protection 2.1. Social media advertising, based on personal data 2.2. PRIVACY PROTECTION IN THE MODERN WORLD 1.1. Such an identifier is personal data.

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new tech law blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

In this regard, we describe below what they should take under consideration in light of Polish labour law and data protection law. Therefore, implementation and exploitation of such solutions by the employer (as a controller of employee data) must be done in compliance with the rules for processing of personal data under Art.

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Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Management will also face new overarching and specific obligations to approve, oversee and manage DORA-related compliance frameworks. The ban follows recent public sector scandals involving the use of facial recognition technology. Despite this, there remain public interest exemptions for court proceedings and law enforcement purposes.

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