As announced (see here), on October 3, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party(WP29) published its Guidelines on the application and setting of administrative fines for the purposes of the Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR). Once a GDPR infringement is established, the competent supervisory authority (Article 5 1 GDPR) must identify the most appropriate corrective measure(s) to address the […]
On May 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, on the Protection of Natural Persons with Regard to the Processing of personal Data and on the Free Movement of Such Data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, in short “GDPR”), will enter into force. The good thing is that starting from that date, the EU will […]
On October 22, 2017, the Washington Post shares a new worry about data privacy. The iPhone X’s front sensors scan 30,000 points to make a 3D model of users’ faces and then shares the faces’ maps with lots of apps. However, Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said “We take privacy and security very seriously. This commitment is reflected […]
At its plenary meeting held in October 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the so called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). WP29 approved the final version of the DPIA guidelines Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessment after having examined the comments received during the public consultation which ended […]
As anticipated (see here), a new Data Protection Bill was introduced to the House of Lords on September 13, 2017 and it officially entered Parliament on September 14, 2017. The new Bill aims at substituting the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and updating data protection laws in accordance with the GDPR. What will it […]
On September 11, 2017, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) issued a closing resolution against Facebook deeming that the company doesn’t process data in accordance with EU data protection law. According to the AEPD, Facebook “collects data on ideology, sex, religious beliefs, personal preferences or browsing activity without clearly informing about how and for what purpose it will use […]
On August 30, 2017, the Belgian Data Protection Authority, Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer (CBPL) published a template to help organizations to meet their duty to record processing activities under Article 30, GDPR. The template is available in Dutch and French and can be downloaded here. In June 2017, the Belgian DPA had published a a recommendation […]
We are accustomed to high-tech breach of privacy, however we should not forget that our personal information can be appropriated also through more traditional mistakes. It happened to Aetna. The insurance giant sent by mail envelopes with a large clear window through which anyone could see the name and address of the intended recipients. […]
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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR). Regulation (EU) 2016/679, repeals Directive 95/46/EC and expands on […]
On March 7, 2017, Reuters reported that the Danish Data Protection Agency was asked to look into Google’s alleged violation of EU privacy laws by not limiting the amount of time personal data is stored on Google’s servers. “We have become aware of the fact that Google today has 9-10 years of data on users […]