Portugal adopts draft law implementing GDPR
On 14 June 2019 Assembly of the Portugal had approved law implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Draft Law […]
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Hungarian GDPR amendments act enters into force
On 26 April 2019, the Act XXXIV of 2019 on the Legislative Amendments Implementing the European Union Data Protection Reform […]
France enacts Decree on application of data protection
On 1 June 2019 Decree No. 2019-536 of 29 May 2019 Enacted For the Application of Act No. 78-17 of 6 […]
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 […]
US data privacy law talks break down
Debate to create uniform data privacy law across the US has broken down due to senators failing to decide how […]
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 […]
How did UK’s Government decide that the immigration exemption was in “the general public interest”?
The immigration exemption in Schedule 2 (paragraph 4) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA2018) has always been controversial; it […]
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 […]
Where is ePrivacy?
The ePrivacy Regulation has been referred to as the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s “sister legislation.” But what kind of […]
Nevada, New York and other states follow California’s CCPA
The US privacy law landscape continues to shift and evolve as state and federal privacy legislative proposals continue to be […]
UK Publishes Proposed Regulation for IoT Device Security
The United Kingdom’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is consulting on regulatory proposals regarding consumer Internet of Things […]
Germany mulls giving end-to-end chat app encryption
Government officials in Germany are reportedly mulling a law to force chat app providers to hand over end-to-end encrypted conversations […]