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Categorie: Data Protection

GDPR Challenges For Artificial Intelligence

Data protection in algorithms Technological development is enabling the automation of all processes, as Henry Ford did in 1914; The difference is that now instead of cars we have decisions about privacy. Since GDPR came into force on 25th May 2018, lots of questions have arisen regarding how the Regulation may block any data-based project. In this article, we aim to clarify some of the main GDPR concepts that may apply to the processing of large amounts of data and algorithm decision-making. It

Facebook privacy fine

For failing to protect users’ personal information, Facebook privacy fine comes up to £500,000, ICO’s maximum pre-GDPR fine. Facebook privacy fine totals up to £500,000, due to the serious breaches of data protection law. In July, the ICO issued a Notice of Intent to fine Facebook as part of a wide ranging investigation into the

GDPR Blockchain

CNIL first element analysis of the GDPR Blockchain The Blockchain: what are the solutions for responsible use in the presence of personal data? Blockchain is a technology with strong development potential that is generating many questions, including sometimes its compatibility with the GDPR. That is why the CNIL has taken the subject and proposes concrete solutions to the actors who

GDPR B2B email marketing tips

Post – GDPR B2B email marketing was supposed to be a nightmare: oblivious of ePrivacy Directive exceptions, a few advisers suggested that all mailing lists should be deleted unless consent was obtained before the 25th May ‘GDPR deadline’. Three months later, Dr Bostjan Makarovic, the founder of Aphaia, outsourced Data Protection Officers, gives hints on

Luxembourg GDPR Law

Luxembourg Law complementing the GDPR The 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) (“GDPR”) which entered into force in May 2018 provides for the possibility

GDPR biometric data explained by Spanish DPA

Spain Supervisory Authority (AEPD) opinion on GDPR biometric data AEPD 10thAnnual Session took place last June, and some of the main questions that were addressed in the meeting have now been publicly published. Participants were specially concerned about GDPR biometric data and its processing under certain circumstances, like labour sphere. Spanish Data Protection Legislation previous

DPO-legal counsel collaboration is essential. So we recommend LegalEdge

DPO-legal counsel collaboration is essential. That is why the Aphaia DPO team is always happy to work with in-house counsel from LegalEdge, whose COO Helen Goldberg and CEO Donna Sewell use this blog post to ask: ‘Are you spending too much (or too little!) on your legals?’  Part of scaling-up and growing your business means increasing

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