French DPA Publishes New Security Guidelines
On January 23, 2018, the French data protection authority (the CNIL) published new guidelines on the security of personal data […]
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Italian DPA’s decision on digital signage “correctly balances parties’ interests”
The Italian data protection authority (‘the Garante’) announced, on 26 January 2018, that it had issued a decision on digital […]
How DPA Budget and Staffing Levels Mirror National Differences in GDP and Population
This IAPP Westin Research Center report analyzes privacy regulators’ budget and staffing levels. Using data from the International Conference of […]
CNIL updates its PIA software
The CNIL – French data protection authority – published a new beta version of its open source PIA software. Several […]
Why the Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s Proposed Right to be Forgotten Creates More Problems Than it Solves
The right to be forgotten, which opens the door to public requests for the removal of search results that are […]
Are exam answers personal data?
In December 2017 the Second Chamber of the Court of Justice reached a decision in the well-known case of Peter […]
Right to oblivion and indexing of non-EU websites
Google privacy saga concerning right to oblivion continues with the measure of Italian Persona Data Protection Authority n. 557 dated […]
ICO will take proportionate approach to GDPR fines
The ICO is not planning to issue fines in every circumstance when it detects a breach of the GDPR (or […]
Will companies need to identify new lead supervisory authorities for their UK BCRs?
On Jan. 9, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers published a “Notice to Stakeholders” on the intersection of […]
How Belgium is gearing up for GDPR
With the EU General Data Protection Regulation coming into force in just over 100 days, both private companies and public […]
UK’s DPA updates guidance on lawful basis for processing
The requirement to have a lawful basis in order to process personal data is not new. It replaces and mirrors […]
Canada’s privacy watchdog to educate kids on data protection
Canada’s privacy watchdog is launching a campaign aimed at raising grade schoolers’ awareness about how their personal data is collected […]