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Category: Data Protection

GDPR parents’ access to children over 18 university marks

Spanish supervisory authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos – AEPD) has published an opinion on GDPR parents’ access right to their children over 18 University marks and other associated information. Data related to University enrolment, marks or scholarship is personal data according to GDPR, and where the University is disclosing such information to the

Jehovah’s Witnesses Data Protection Court Ruling

A religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is a controller, jointly with its members who engage in preaching, for the processing of personal data carried out by the latter in the context of door-to-door preaching. The processing of personal data carried out in the context of such activity must respect the rules of EU

New Brazilian Data Protection Law

New Brazilian General Data Protection Law – GDPR Alignment Our guest blogger Fernando Bousso is head of Privacy and Data Protection at Felsberg Advogados, a full-service law firm based in São Paulo Brazil, whose history of more than 45 years is written with dynamism and pioneering in a world in constant transformation, tells Aphaia all

Flex your online privacy muscle!

Bodybuilder Rocheal Philip helped Aphaia put together advice on how to show off online – without hurting your online privacy and personal data. In Rocheal Philip ’s business, public online presence is indispensable. But so is drawing a line between public and private life, and not sharing the latter with everyone. Here are some tips:

Spain approves new Data Protection Law

New Royal Decree-Law on Data Protection in Spain A new Royal Decree-Law on Data Protection has been approved in Spain as part of the GDPR adaptation process. A Royal Decree-Law is a legal rule having the force of a law in the Spanish legal system. This is an important regulatory measure for Privacy in the

Japan GDPR adequacy

Japan GDPR adequacy to create the world’s largest area of safe data flows With a successful conclusion to their talks on reciprocal adequacy, the EU and Japan have agreed to recognise each other’s data protection systems as ‘equivalent’, which will allow data to flow safely between the EU and Japan. Each side will now launch its

ICO children’s data fine imposed

Independent Enquiry into Child Abuse has been fined £200,000 based on ICO children’s data decision. The ICO has fined the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) £200,000, after they sent a bulk email that identified possible victims of non-recent child sexual abuse, according to ICO Children’s data decision. The Inquiry, set up in 2014

ICO fines for failure to pay fee

ICO fines company for not registering with it and paying the fee, providing some initial guidance on ICO fines policy under GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. Noble Design and Build of Telford, Shropshire, which operates CCTV systems in buildings across Sheffield were fined £4,500 in total, ordered to pay costs of £364.08 and a

GDPR and social media : EU Court on fan pages on Facebook

Earlier this month the ECJ published a preliminary ruling finding the fan page admin jointly responsible with Facebook for the personal data of the visitors. Although the decision refers to the previously enforceable EU Data Protection Directive, the new rule paves the way for GDPR and social media practice, since the definition of the processor

GDPR WHOIS impact

Our blog editor Vasiliki Antoniadou explores how GDPR will affect WHOIS. Although GDPR is widely anticipated due to the strengthening of the individuals’ rights on their personal data, it is believed by some that its implementation on WHOIS would cause unintentional adverse consequences on the online intellectual property protection. GDPR WHOIS implications WHOIS is an