Poland: Geolocation report shows GIODO “quite lenient on location data processing”
13 July 2017 The Inspector General for Personal Data Protection (GIODO) announced, on 5 July 2017, that it had presented […]
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EU Parliament’s Civil Liberties MEPs back deal for registration of non-EU nationals
Plans to speed up and strengthen border checks at the EU’s borders for non-EU travellers received a green light from […]
Processing Employee Personal Data – Five Key Tips for Employers
The Article 29 Working Party has published a new guidance on data processing in the workplace. We look at the […]
Baker McKenzie Launches GDPR National Legislation Survey
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will start to apply as of 25 May 2018, allows EU Member […]
Marju Lauristin, MEP, discusses GDPR and ePrivacy Regulation
In this interview with IAPP European Correspondent Jennifer Baker, European Parliament rapporteur on the new ePrivacy Regulation, Marju Lauristin, MEP, […]
FINLAND: Preparing to implement the GDPR
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force on 24 May 2016 and EU Member States are required […]
Dutch pass ‘tapping’ law, intelligence agencies may gather data en masse
The Dutch Senate passed a law early on Wednesday giving intelligence agencies broad new surveillance and other powers, including the […]
Preparation for the GDPR underway in Poland
The Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs published at the end of March a partial draft of the new act on […]
Germany is first EU Country to enact new Data Protection Act to align with the GDPR
On 5 July 2017, almost a year before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be applied, the new German […]
Smart technology policy in Europe is a trend?
The “technology” in “ technology policy” should have a real meaning – there are signs it’s actually happening. With the […]
Japan may soon receive an EU adequacy decision
The EU Commission hopes to issue Japan with an adequacy decision on international data transfers by early 2018. Source: Japan […]
The case for data-driven GDPR compliance
As we near the May 25, 2018, GDPR enforcement date, companies will promise solutions to meet the GDPR’s detailed and […]