On July 16, 2019, the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner Officer (ICO), opened a consultation on a data sharing code of practice. The consultation closes on September 9, 2019. The data sharing code is a practical guide for controllers sharing personal data. It gives guidance on the applicable law and provides good […]
On February 11, 2019, President Trump signed an executive order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. The executive order has several sections, such as federal investment in AI research and development, data and computing resources for AI research and development, guidance for regulation of AI applications, AI and the American workforce, and an […]
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Update: On September 9, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights settles its first HIPAA violation case under its 2019 Right of Access Initiative. Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (Bayfront), a Florida hospital, paid $85,000 to OCR and adopted a corrective action plan to settle a potential violation of the right […]
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On June 20, 2019, the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner Officer (ICO), published an update report into adtech and real time bidding. The ICO is waiting for the adtech sector response to the report and will then undertake a “further industry review in six months’ time”. The report focuses on Real-Time Bidding (RTB). […]
On July 16, 2019, the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner Officer (ICO), opened a consultation on a data sharing code of practice. The consultation closes on September 9, 2019. The data sharing code is a practical guide for controllers sharing personal data. It gives guidance on the applicable law and provides good […]
On July 4, 2019, the Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the French Data Protection Authority (DPA) adopted new guidelines on cookies and other tracking devices (“Guidelines”). According to the press release, the scrolling down or swiping through a website or application is no longer viewed as a valid expression of consent to the […]
On February 14, 2019, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ordered a United Kingdom citizen, party to a U.S. litigation, to produce in unredacted form e-mails containing personal information that could be protected under the GDPR. By way of background. In this patent infringement suit, Plaintiff owned patents involving computer […]
On July 10, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Guidelines 3/2019 on processing of personal data through video devices. Objective of the guidelines is to provide guidance on how to apply the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, in relation to the processing of personal data through video devices. The Guidelines provide several […]
UPDATE ICO was requested the status of this proposed penalties on Nov 12, 2019. ICO issued a response ICO Disclosure Log – Response ENQ0889841: “[Marriott] made representations to the Information Commissioner regarding these notices in accordance with Schedule 16, paragraph 3(3) of the Data Protection Act 2018. The Information Commissioner is considering those representations in deciding […]
On October 8, 2018, the Italian Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali, the Italian data protection authority, DPA, released instructions on how to maintain a record of processing activities, as well as a sample document compliant with Regulation (EU) no. 679/2016, the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR. The record – to be maintained by […]