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Belgium: DPA updating its Recommendation on Direct Marketing – Provide your input before 31 July 2019!

Updated official guidance on direct marketing appears to be on the horizon: the Belgian Data Protection Authority has launched a public consultation on direct marketing, with a view to updating its Recommendation No. 02/2013 of 30 January 2013 on direct marketing. In its 2013 Recommendation, available in Dutch and French, the Belgian DPA covered several […]

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ITALY: First GDPR fine issued!

The first GDPR fine was issued in Italy by the Garante for the lack of implementation of privacy security measures following a data breach on the so-called Rousseau platform operating the websites of the Movimento 5 Stelle party.

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FRANCE: ONE MORE STEP TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF THE NEW FRENCH DATA PROTECTION LAW

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] […]

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Spanish Senate signs-off new GDPR-compliant Data Protection Act

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: […]

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UK: Personal liability for PECR regulatory fines proposed in Government consultation

On 30 May the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport in the United Kingdom launched a consultation on the functioning of the current regime for holding to account company directors, those holding similar positions in corporate bodies / unincorporated associations, and members of partnerships for breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations 2003 […]

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