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Categorie: Data Protection

Anti-encryption Australian law and GDPR

The new controversial Australian anti-encryption law allows the government to access encrypted data. On the 6th of December 2018, the Australian Parliament approved an anti-encryption law that collides with some essential principles in privacy in a global way, and directly with GDPR. Under this regulation, Australian companies will be obliged to construct “backdoors” or back access

Smart glasses and data protection

Overview of the main implications for data protection of smart glasses on occasion of the publication of the first Technology report (“Smart glasses and data protection”) by the European Data Protection Supervisor. Whereas smart glasses may be deemed as the next step for technology-disruptive devices and they have a high potential to make people’s lives

Google sanctioned €50 million for breach of GDPR

The CNIL has imposed a 50 million euro fine on Google on the grounds that the it lacks transparency, consent and satisfactory information for users. On the 25th and 28th of May 2018, Google was criticised for failing to provide a valid legal basis for processing personal data, in particular for the purposes of personalised

EU AI Ethics guidelines overview

EU Commission AI Ethics Guidelines are the Talk of the Town. The European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group (AI HLEG) produced a draft set of AI Ethics Guidelines in December 2018. The final version is due in March this year and although it won’t be legally binding, it enables all stakeholders to formally endorse and sign

Right to be forgotten EU Scope

According to EU Court of Justice’s Advocate General, “right to be forgotten” should be limited to EU browsers’ domains. French Data Supervisory Authority (CNIL) fined Google 100.000€ in 2015 for failing to comply with CNIL whole requirement regarding a “right to be forgotten” (right to erasure) request. Whereas CNIL demanded Google to remove links from

ICO on GDPR Brexit impact

Data protection and Brexit – ICO advice for organisations Business, especially SMEs are being prepared for a possible no-deal Brexit. Even though the basis on which the UK will leave the EU has yet to be decided, the Government has made it clear that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be absorbed into UK

Aphaia partner for Singapore conference on customer experience in telecoms

Aphaia participates in the organisation of “the Customer Experience Management (CEM) in telecoms WorldSummit 2019″ Aphaia is partnering with Symphony as they deliver an interesting conference that will bring together highly-regarded expert speakers from across the ecosystem of telecommunications industry and solution providers to present the latest key trends and development in CEM, big data analytics

Comparison between new LOPD and GDPR

Key differences between Spanish Data Protection Law and GDPR Spanish Data Protection Law (hereinafter, LOPD 2018) came into force on December 6th  and Aphaia has analysed it in order to highlight how it differs from the GDPR, whilst  identifying the main provisions made for how GDPR applies in Spain. Deceased persons While GDPR states that

GDPR territorial scope

The European Data Protection Board publishes guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has recently published guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR, in order to clarify the cases where GDPR applies according to Article 3. Territorial scope of the GDPR is defined based on two main

Microsoft Data Controller in the Netherlands

The results of the Dutch Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) shows that Microsoft collects and stores large-scale personal data about the behaviour of individuals In the Netherlands government organisations use Microsoft services to store data locally. It is inevitable that Microsoft collect personal data, such as email, IP address as such data is necessary for individuals