The Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team is pleased to share with you a weekly alert on data privacy issues.This week’s alert covers news from the UK, EU, Germany, Ireland, Singapore and the international community.

United Kingdom

  • ICO Serves Enforcement Notice to Halt Nuisance Calls
  • Guidance on Cloud Computing Issued by ICO
  • Council Ordered to Implement Improved Data Protection Procedures Following Security Breaches
  • ICO Warns Employees Not to ‘Walk Off’ with Personal Data
  • Independent Press Standards Organisation Launched

Germany

  • Facebook Fan Pages Admissible Under German Law

Ireland

  • New Data Protection Commissioner Appointed

International

  • Survey Reveals Mobile Apps Fail to Give Basic Privacy Information to Users

Singapore

  • New Advisory Guidelines Published

Read the full Alert here.

For more information on any of these items, please feel free to call Annette Demmel in Berlin.