Irish DPA issues guidance on cloud computing
Irelands data protection authority – Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) – has prepared guidance to assist organisations understand their obligations with […]
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Privacy Shield Ombudsperson Confirmed by US Senate
On June 20, 2019, Keith Krach was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the Trump administration’s first permanent Privacy […]
EU Commission publishes report on GDPR application issues
The European Commission has published Multistakeholder Expert Group’s report on eperience of application of the General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR). […]
Consumer contract law in the age of data
As part of its 2015 Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Commission proposed modernising the rules applicable to sales of […]
Privacy Shield and Standard Contractual Clauses will be assessed by European Courts
On the first and second of the July, the General Court of the European Union (which is part of the […]
EU Council adopts conclusions on data retention to fight crime
The Council adopted conclusions on the way forward with regard to the retention of electronic communication data for the purpose […]
FRA publishes paper on Quality vital for data-driven artificial intelligence
Algorithms, used in machine learning and artificial intelligence, are responsible for analysing the data and making these decisions. Therefore, a […]
Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
A legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by thousands of companies to authorize data transfers from […]
Cybersecurity certification gets an EU revamp
A new EU Regulation on cybersecurity promises a more coordinated approach across Europe. The new law will set up a framework […]
Europe seeks to lead a new world order on data
Brussels is pulling its weight as the world’s top trade bloc to export its privacy rules. Ahead of a G20 […]
One Year Into GDPR, Most Apps Still Harvest Data Without Permission
Unauthorized data harvesting from mobile apps has continued nearly unabated in the year since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation came […]
CIPL Issues White Paper on GDPR One Year In
On May 31, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP issued a white paper on […]