Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU-US Privacy Shield: Three Weeks On Germany Bavarian Government Adopts New Security Concept Federal Labour Court: Employee Right to Inspection For more information on any of these items, … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: UK The ICO Announces the UK is Well-equipped to Protect Data After Brexit The ICO Launches Online Helpline US Pokémon GO Raises Data Privacy Concerns AIG Launches Cyber Policy … Continue Reading
As we predicted last week, the European Commission has moved swiftly to issue an adequacy decision that formally adopts an agreement finalized with the US Department of Commerce in June concerning arrangements to legitimize the transfer of EU personal data to the US. The much anticipated “EU-US Privacy Shield” arrangements will replace the Safe Harbor regime, … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU Council Agrees on New Measures Against Cybercrimes France The CNIL Opens a Period of Public Consultation on the GDPR The French State Council Rules on Rights to … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU and US Sign Umbrella Agreement France France Launches New Do-Not-Call List French Supreme Court Rules on Privacy Rules Germany Thüringen Data Protection Commissioner: Private Video Recordings Require … Continue Reading
The UK’s vote to leave the EU has introduced an added layer of complexity around data privacy in the UK. This is an area already in the midst of transition from the existing Data Protection Act 1998 to the more stringent regime under the new General Data Protection Regulation. We have prepared a briefing for … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU Member States Urge the Commission to Remove Barriers to the Flow of Data European Data Protection Supervisor Publishes Its Annual Report European Parliament Tells the European Commission … Continue Reading
On 17 May 2016, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive at first reading, paving the way for its final adoption and entry into force in August 2016. What is the NIS Directive? The Directive aims to step up the security of network and information systems across … Continue Reading
This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU Council Adopts the Network and Information Security Directive The Court of Justice of the EU Advises that IP Addresses are Personal Data France The CNIL Publishes Blanket Authorisations for Data Controllers in the Healthcare Sector Germany Bundesrat Debates Criminal Prosecution of “Gawkers” US U.S. Supreme Court Issues … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU Publication of the New EU General Data Protection Regulation EU Passenger Name Record Directive Adopted by the Council Amendments to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations Germany Higher … Continue Reading
Following four years of discussions, on May 4, 2016, the Official Journal of the European Union published the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The GDPR, which will enter into force on May 24, 2016, will replace the data protection directive, Directive 95/46/EC, from 1995. Companies will then have until May 25, 2018, when the … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU European Data Protection Supervisor Releases Case Law Overview for 2014/15 Germany Brandenburg Data Protection Commissioner Presents Activity Report for 2014/15 Resolutions by the 91st Conference of German Privacy … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU GDPR Finally Agreed Article 29 Working Party to Give Opinion on the EU/US Privacy Shield France The CNIL Has Published its Annual Report for 2015 CNIL Participates in the … Continue Reading
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was finally approved by the EU Parliament on 14 April 2016. It will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the EU Official Journal and its provisions will be directly applicable in all member states two years after this date, likely to be some time in May … Continue Reading
The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has delivered a non-binding opinion on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield which, though critical of the proposed package, leaves open the possibility that a version of the proposed framework will be blessed by the EU Commission. This would come in the form of an “adequacy decision,” which is necessary for … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: France OpposeTel Appointed to Protect Against Unwanted Telemarketing Calls CNIL Fines Google €100,000 Germany Positive Views of the General Data Protection Regulation in the German Parliamentary Committee German Association … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: France French Data Protection Authority Issues a Blanket Authorisation Regarding Data Processing for Litigation Purposes Germany Stiftung Datenschutz Critically Comments on Privacy Shield German Lawyers’ Association Gives its Opinion … Continue Reading
The law around data privacy is constantly evolving to keep pace with technological and political change. It can be difficult for companies to keep on top of their compliance obligations. Stéphanie Faber, data privacy specialist in our Paris office, has written a blog post summarising the hot data privacy topics right now, including the General … Continue Reading
The presidential campaign is well underway in the U.S., even though the election is over 6 months away. Many candidates reach out to the public through automated phone calls or texts, often referred to as “robocalls,” and prerecorded voice calls. To remind candidates and their campaigns that those calls and texts are regulated under the federal … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: US/EU US/EU Privacy Shield Text Released President Obama Signs Judicial Redress Act France Update of the Data Protection Act: Medical Research Germany Voßhoff: Big Data Can Go Hand in … Continue Reading
The United States and the European Union today released a package of “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield materials,” which flesh out the Framework agreed to on February 2, 2016. Called the “Privacy Shield Package” in the transmittal letter from US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, the package is founded on a series of “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU WP29 Releases Its 2016 Action Plan Italy Italian Supreme Court Confirms that Consent is Required to Make Silent Calls UK Safe Harbor: Calmer Waters on the Horizon For … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU Article 29 Working Party Comments on EU-US Privacy Shield One in Four Internet Users in the EU Experienced Security-Related Problems in 2015 UK The UK Won’t Opt-In to … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU New EU-US Privacy Shield Agreed Germany Peter Schaar Becomes President of “Gematik” Conciliation Board New Berlin Data Protection Officer Appointed Baden-Württemberg Data Protection Officer Presents Activity Report for … Continue Reading
