Public Hearing on the Thai Personal Data Protection Bill
Since our July 2015 update, the 2015 draft Personal Data Protection Bill was withdrawn by Cabinet Resolution and returned to […]
Legislation
How to implement GDPR transparency requirement?
Vasiliki Antoniadou on WP29 guidance for the implementation and interpretation of the GDPR transparency requirement via its recently published guidelines. […]
European Commission and Article 29 Working Party Urge Respect for International Law in Data Cases
Territoriality will continue to be one of the most vexing problems for data regulation in 2018. One aspect of this […]
New U.S. defense bill targets drones, raises potential privacy and security concerns
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 (NDAA), signed into law in December 2017, did not only authorize United States […]
Security bill will enable Canada to disable computers located abroad
Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (“CSE:) wants to give the public broad reassurances that it will not use its growing array of […]
Analysis of Spain’s Personal Data Protection Draft Act
On 10th November 2017, the Council of Ministers passed the Personal Data Protection Draft Act (Draft) seeking to conform Spanish law to the GDPR. The […]
GDPR: Lawful bases for processing
In 2016, the Westin Research Center published a series of articles identifying our analysis of the top 10 operational impacts […]
Data breach notification to become mandatory in Australia from 22 February 2018
Privacy compliance will become even more important for all companies in Australia now that the mandatory data breach notification scheme […]
Misunderstandings, Panic and Priorities in the Year of the GDPR
It is finally here. This is the year of the GDPR. A journey that started with an ambitious policy paper […]
The rise of the intelligent business: Spotlight on employers
Data is ubiquitous in the employment context: it is processed from the point at which a job application or CV […]
Ireland looks to strengthen data protection regime to supplement the GDPR
New data protection offences are to be introduced in Ireland under broader plans to update the way in which personal […]
EU data protection law may end up protecting scammers, experts warn
WHOIS, one of oldest tools on internet for verifying real identities, at risk of being killed due to tough new […]