Tag: Data Protection

Belgium: Newly appointed Belgian Data Protection Commissioner declares “I will not hesitate to issue fines to those not playing by the rules”

On 24 April 2019
Belgium, Data Protection, GDPR

by Patrick Van Eecke & Gilles Hachez A little less than a month ago, the Belgian House of Representatives appointed the new commissioner and directors of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA), as we explained in our blogpost here. Today, little less than eleven months after the establishment of the DPA, the new commissioner, Mr […]

On 12 February 2019
clinical trials, Data Protection, EDPB, GDPR, Netherlands

By Ilias Abassi Since the implementation of the GDPR, there has been much discussion with respect to the appropriate legal basis for the processing of personal data in the context of a clinical trial, in particular how this relates to the Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) which is expected to enter into force in 2020. There […]

On 21 January 2019
CNIL, Data Protection, France, Privacy

By Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Yaël Hirsch On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance[1] finalizing, at the legislative level[2], the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation[3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680[4]. Following-up the adoption of the GDPR, the French Law No. 2018-493 related to personal data protection[5] […]

On 20 January 2019
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AVG, Data Protection, DPAs, GDPR, Netherlands

The Dutch Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “AP”) recently communicated a press release stating that it reached out to 30 organizations to request information relating to their data processing agreements (DPAs). Organizations that have been contacted are companies in the media, energy and trade sectors. The AP has requested, among other things, what agreements organizations have […]

On 21 November 2018
Data Protection, GDPR, Internet Access, Internet neutrality, Privacy, Spain

After a very long delay and amidst rumors that the Spanish Parliament could be dissolved and early elections called, the Spanish Senate speedily dismissed all the proposals for further changes and approved the new GDPR-compliant Spanish Data Protection Act on Wednesday 21 November 2018. The new Act (“NLOPD“), in addition to regulating many other topics: […]

On 30 July 2018
Data Protection, GDPR, Gold-Plating requirements, Privacy, Spain

Due to the complex balances inside the Spanish Parliament, Spain has been unable to put in place to date (July 2018) a new Data Protection Act that develops the EU Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) in the areas where EU Member States are entitled to fill the gaps or add gold-plating requirements on top of those established […]

On 29 June 2018
China, Cybersecurity, Data Protection

In the last two weeks the Chinese authorities have been busy providing much-anticipated guidance on the practical steps organisations must take to comply with the new data protection, cybersecurity and technology regulations. In short, the key developments are: Practical implementation guidance under PRC Cybersecurity Law Draft Guidelines on Multi Level Protection Scheme (MLPS) for information […]

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