The Italian Data Protection Authority, Garante per la privacy issued Guidelines for the implementation of Regulation EU/2016/679 on Personal Data Protection (GDPR). The DPA suggests some actions that can be carried out right away to comply with the GDPR and provides a general overview of the major innovations introduced by the legislation. The guidelines […]
In its plenary meeting held in April 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). After having examined the comments received during the public consultation which ended on February 15, 2017 (see here), WP29 adopted the final versions of several guidelines, and […]
Inside its newly created website section on GDPR, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) has recently published three guidelines to assist organizations to comply with the new Regulation: The Guidelines for the data controllers (useful check list is included). Available (in Spanish) here. The Guidelines for entering into agreements between controllers and processors. […]
In a recent PWC’s survey, 92% of the surveyed organizations declared that compliance with EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a “top priority on their data-privacy and security agenda in 2017”, being either a top priority or one of the top priorities. The survey was conducted among companies with more than 500 employees. More information here. […]
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Following ICO’s comments on Brexit, on October 24, 2016, the UK Secretary of State Karen Bradley MP used her interview before the Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee to confirm UK’s participation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect in the spring of 2018. The Secretary said that: “We will be members […]
The authors highlight the main innovations brought by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”) to Directive 95/46/EC. The full text is available at http://www.whitecase.com…
On July 19, 2016, the consultation on the EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) launched by the French data protection agency “CNIL” closed. The consultation concerned four main topics: Data Protection Officers, data portability, Privacy Impact Assessment, and certification. The contributions collected are available here. For more information, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow us on& Like us on […]
On July 12, 2016, the European Commission officially approved the Privacy Shield, issuing the decision of adequacy (“Decision”). The Privacy Shield is supposed to provide a safe mechanism to transfer personal data from the EU to the US for those organizations that comply with the framework. Compared to the Safe Harbor (which the Privacy Shield […]
On June 16, 2016, the French data protection agency (CNIL) opened a consultation on the EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The consultation aims at helping the Article 29 Working Party with the guidelines that it is preparing on Data Protection Officers, data portability, Privacy Impact Assessment, and certification. The purpose is to collect concrete questions, […]
On May 4, 2016, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 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), (in short “GDPR” ) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The GDPR shall […]