How to report a data breach under GDPR
Data breach notification requirements are now mandatory and time-sensitive under GDPR. While the details of what an organization needs to […]
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Global recall: How the GDPR impacts product recalls
Not all potential consequences of the GDPR (and similarly situated laws) are clearly evident quite yet, but companies nonetheless will […]
European Commission urged to investigate Romanian GDPR implementation
Issue The Romanian law implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) allows national political parties to process personal data, including […]
First fine imposed by the Polish privacy watchdog
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) imposed its first fine for the amount of PLN 943 000 […]
Uber faces fresh legal challenge over driver data
Uber drivers in the U.K. are filing a lawsuit against the company over allegations the firm has continuously broken European […]
Jourová on first lessons 10 months after the application of the GDPR
European Commission Věra Jourová at the 9th Annual European Data Protection and Privacy Conference delivered a speech “What next for […]
EU Commissioner says GDPR is an opportunity to build trust
European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, delivered a speech on 20 March 2019 at the 9th […]
German court ruled that protection of the whistle-blower confidentiality does not generally override the data subject access right
A mid-level German employment court recently had to consider the scope of subject access requests under the EU General Data […]
German Authorities Issue 41 GDPR Fines
A survey by Handelsblatt shows that 41 fines have been issued by German privacy authorities through mid-January of this year, […]
EU Advocate General Issues Opinion on Consent for Cookies and Intersection with the GDPR
On March 21, 2019, Advocate General Szpunar released his opinion in the Planet49 case, currently pending before the Court of […]
EDPB LIBE report on the implementation of GDPR
On February 26, the EDPB Chair and Vice-Chair addressed the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) […]
Bavarian Data Protection Authority announces possible fines after website search
At the beginning of February, the Bavarian Data Protection Authority (DPA) participated in the Safer Internet Day (SID) 2019 and […]