The use of facial recognition software by the Czech Police is under scrutiny due to legal and data protection concerns.
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The Czech Presidency of the EU Council circulated a new partial compromise on the upcoming data law.
The Czech Republic adopted, on 12 March 2019, legislation that brings the GDPR’s provisions into national law. The new Act now needs to be signed by the President. After that, it will enter into force on the day of its publication in the Legal Gazette. Source: Czech Republic adopts new DP law to follow GDPR […]
The EU starts enforcing its general data protection regulation on 25 May – but Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovenia won’t be ready. The delay will cause legal uncertainty. Source: Eight countries to miss EU data protection deadline
he Czech Interior Ministry will prepare an information campaign on the EU’s privacy protection directive (GDPR) and speed up the completion of a bill on the directive’s Czech implementation at PM Andrej Babis’s request, Babis (ANO) said in the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday. Source: Prague to speed up bill enacting EU privacy protection directive […]