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Category: IT law

New national privacy bill proposed in Canada.

New national privacy bill proposed in Canada, is expected to significantly increase protections to Canadians’ personal information.  Bill C-11, Canada’s newly proposed national privacy bill, which is also referred to as Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020, will give Canadians more control and transparency when companies handle their personal information, and therefore expected to increasingly protect

Joint controllership: key considerations by the EDPB

The EDPB provides key considerations to clarify the concepts of processor, controller and joint controller in their Guidelines 07/2020. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published their Guidelines 07/2020 on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR on 7th September, which aim to offer a precise meaning of these concepts and a criteria

Recent preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union interprets net neutrality rules for the first time.

Recent preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union, taken in relation to a decision against Telenor Telecommunications company, interprets net neutrality rules for the first time.   The CJEU issued their preliminary ruling after the Hungarian National Media and Communication Office found the ‘zero tariff’ packages offered by  Telenor, an internet

Twitter Data Case Dispute: European Union privacy regulators conflicted over how much, or whether—to fine, over last year’s data breach.

Twitter Data Case Dispute between European Union privacy regulators, causing delay in the progress of the most advanced cross-border privacy case involving a U.S. tech company under the GDPR. The Twitter data case dispute, disclosed in a statement from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, is one of the first major tests for enforcement of the GDPR.

Age Appropriate Design Code will come into force in less than a month.

Age Appropriate Design Code will come into force September 2nd 2020, and will be ushered in by a 12-month transition period allowing online services time to conform. The Age Appropriate Design Code which we had initially reported on back in January when the final version of this code was first introduced, has now completed the

EU-US Privacy Shield invalidation business implications follow-up

Since the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield in their Schrems II judgement delivered two weeks ago, many questions have arisen around international data transfers to the US. After the invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield by the CJEU two weeks ago, as reported by Aphaia, data transfers

Artificial Intelligence: From Ethics to Regulation

The study launched by the European Parliament last month builds on the AI-HLEG Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI and seeks to find alternatives that might help to move from AI ethics to regulation.  In our previous blogs and vlogs we have discussed the application of the Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI in several contexts and

AI Ethics in Asset and Investment Management

Since AI systems govern most trading operations in asset and investment management, AI ethics becomes crucial to ensure no fundamental rights and principles are overridden. “I am not uncertain”. Any Billions TV Series fan around here? Those who are will know that this is the phrase that the employees of the hedge fund say to

Spanish DPA issues €25,000 fine to Glovo for Data Protection Officer appointment violation

The Spanish Data Protection Authority (DPA) AEPD fined Glovo €25,000 for not appointing a Data Protection Officer pursuant to article 37 GDPR. Have you ever wondered whether your business is subject to the DPO designation requirement covered by the GDPR? The ambiguity of the GDPR when it comes to the definition of the cases where

Dubai Data Protection Law No.5 will be implemented on July 1st, 2020.

Dubai Data Protection Law No.5 will be implemented on July 1st, 2020, replacing DIFC No. 1 of 2007.   Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, and Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, recently enacted the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) Data Protection Law No.5 of 2020. This new