The Belgian DPA has released a first status update six months after the GDPR became applicable. Some interesting statistics relate to the number of data breach notifications and complaints received. In the six months since May 25th, the Belgian Data Protection Authority was notified of 317 data breaches (compared to last year when only 13 […]
The new Finnish national GDPR implementation act, the Data Protection Act (FIN: Tietosuojalaki) was finally passed on Tuesday 13 November at the second Parliamentary Plenary Session, together with the new act implementing Directive 2016/680/EU on the processing of personal data by competent authorities in criminal matters, the Act on Processing Personal Data in Criminal Matters […]
The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Wuerttemberg (LfDI) was the first German data protection authority to impose a fine under the GDPR. The fine of € 20,000 sanctions the violation by a social media company of its obligation to ensure data security of processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 32 […]
In the wake of the GDPR, the UK’s Committee of Advertising Practice has amended the CAP Code to introduce new rules on the use of data for marketing. It has also launched a consultation on potential further rule changes relating to child marketing data and prize winners. BACKGROUND As discussed in a recent blog post […]
In the run up to the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, there were various dystopian predictions of huge fines and the rise of US style class action. Some of these claims have rightly been criticised as sales patter and scaremongering. Yet GDPR does include powers to impose revenue based fines and […]
Effective January 1, 2020, a new game-changing privacy law will go into effect in California: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The law will have profound implications for companies that collect personal information, as that term is broadly defined, about California consumers, even if the Company is not based in California. For many […]
The Financial Supervisory Authority in Finland (FIN-FSA) has on 16 October 2018 published an interpretation that provision of insurance against administrative fines and penalty payments is contrary to good insurance practice and is therefore not permitted. Interpretation of ‘Good Insurance Practice‘ According to the interpretation of the Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA), “it is contrary to good […]
Nowadays it is very common for employees of organizations and companies to be granted access to their e-mails and working files from various electronic devices, such as smartphones, laptops and tablets, by remote access. In fact, most corporate employees reply to e-mails or even open and review documents on their smartphones every day. As a result, […]
