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French court ruling provides greater context to the application of “Schrems II” under the GDPR

French court ruling provides further guidance as to the application of “Schrems II”, as data hosted by subsidiary of US company is found to be protected.    France’s highest administrative court ruled earlier this month that the hosting of a booking platform for COVID-19 vaccinations on Amazon Web Service, also known as AWS, was indeed
March 24, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Two companies fined by the ICO, for sending millions of nuisance text messages during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ICO has issued fines to two companies for over 2.7 million spam messages sent out during the pandemic.    Between May and July, 2020, two companies sent out a total of 2.7 million spam text messages in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. This resulted in several thousand complaints, including a record 10,000
March 12, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Data transfers to the UK: European Commission launches process for two adequacy decisions

Last month, the European Commission launched the process for two adequacy decisions for data transfers to the UK – one under the GDPR and one under the Law Enforcement Directive.    The European Commission recently published two draft adequacy decisions for data transfers to the UK. One of those is under the GDPR and the
March 10, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Privacy and ethical concerns of social media

Privacy and ethical concerns have become more relevant in social media due to the prevalence of “explore”, “discover” or “for you” tabs and pages.   “Discover” pages on social media deliver content that the app thinks that the user would likely be interested in. This is based on several factors including user interactions, video information,
March 8, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Fine imposed by AEPD for GDPR violations

A 6 million euro fine was recently imposed on CAIXABANK by AEPD, the Spanish DPA for various breaches of the GDPR.   Late last month, the EDPB reported on a fine imposed by AEPD on Spanish multinational financial services company CAIXABANK, for GDPR violations. It was found that the company unlawfully processed clients’ personal data
March 3, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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CJEU Advocate General opinion on Facebook case

The CJEU Advocate General delivered his opinion on the ongoing case between Facebook and the Belgian Data Protection Authority.    On January 13th the CJEU Advocate General delivered his opinion on the Facebook case, outlined in a recent press release from the CJEU. This case has been ongoing since May 25th 2018, when the Belgian
February 3, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Data breach notification guidelines published by the EDPB

New data breach notification guidelines, published by the EDPB frame what curative measures should be taken based on specific examples.    In a recent article, we reported on two doctors in France, who were fined by the CNIL over a data breach, and were also found to have breached article 33 of the GDPR, by
January 27, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Memorandum of Understanding signed between the ICO and the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the UK’s ICO and the Philippines’ NPC, effective January 12th 2021. The UK’s ICO and the Philippines’ NPC have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding in a move to strengthen their current relations. Recognizing the nature of this globalized economy, and the fact that they perform similar
January 20, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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EU Digital Sovereignty: Ideas for a more resilient EU.

EU digital sovereignty is of paramount importance in the face of the rapid technological evolution currently taking place globally.   A call for EU digital sovereignty had been brought to the forefront of many conversations among policy makers, in light of growing concerns over EU citizens losing their control of their data, capacity for innovation
July 8, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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Technology and Privacy in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic

With thousands of new cases popping up each day globally, many health authorities are turning to technology in the battle against the global pandemic. But can these apps be used without privacy concerns? What are the links between technology and privacy in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic? Several nations within the European Union have
April 3, 2020 Comments (0) Share