Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection and Cyber Security team. This week’s alert covers news from the EU, Germany, Jamaica and the UK.

EU

  • General Data Protection Regulation Discussion Broadcast
  • EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Report on Surveillance
  • Commissioner’s Speech on US-EU Data Transfers

Germany

  • Federal Supreme Court: Disclosing Data of Account Holder Cannot be Refused in Case of Counterfeiting

Jamaica

  • Draft Data Protection Act in Circulation

UK

  • Chancellor’s Cyber Protection Plan Announced
  • Information Commissioner Gives Evidence to the Burns Commission
  • ICO Guidance on the Dangers of Hidden Data
  • FTSE 350 Urged to Undergo Cyber Health Check
  • ICO Crackdown on Companies Trading Names and Numbers

For more information on any of these items, or data privacy issues generally, please feel free to call any of the following individuals:

Annette Demmel (Germany)