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December 5, 2016

MEPs back EU-US Umbrella Agreement on data exchanges for law enforcement purposes

EU Parliament on December 1, 2016 voted to back the EU-US Umbrella Agreement on data protection in exchanges for law enforcement purposes.

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December 2, 2016

Germany publishes second draft of a new data protection act

Germany has published second draft of its?new German Federal Data Protection Act. First draft, published in?September 2016,?was heavily criticized. New […]

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December 2, 2016

France adopts class action regime for data protection infringement

France on November 19, 2016, has the enacted a law?giving a legal basis for class actions against both data controllers […]

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November 30, 2016

UK state surveillance?extending?’Snooper’s charter’ bill becomes law

The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 or so called ?snooper?s charter? bill has?became a law on Tuesday. This law?heavily extends the […]

November 28, 2016

Irish Data Protection Commissioner to examine Yahoo

Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner is?stepping up its examination of the Yahoo Inc. data breach and is awaiting information from Yahoo […]

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November 28, 2016

Argentina updates regulation on international data transfers

On 18 November 2016, the Argentinian data protection authority published Regulation 60 ? E/2016 on international transfers of personal data […]

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November 1, 2016

Irish DPC issues guidance on anonymisation and pseudonymisation

In August 2016, Data Protection Commissioner (?DPC?) of Ireland published guidance on the use of data anonymisation and pseudonymisation.?Guidance provides […]

November 1, 2016

Working Party Issues Results of the GDPR Workshop

Article 29 Working Party (Working Party) has published a summary of the discussions that took place at its Fablab workshop […]

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October 25, 2016

NHTSA releases guidelines for cybersecurity of cars

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released best practice guidelines for vehicle cybersecurity. Guidelines are aimed to car makers […]

October 25, 2016

ICO publishes guidance on privacy notices under GDPR

UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance on privacy notices under EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR introduces […]