All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 20
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NewsSchrems’ campaign group lodges complaint about Google’s ad tracker
Noyb, the campaign group founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, has filed a complaint with France’s data protection authority about Google’s Android advertising identifier (AAID).
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WebinarInsight on the ACC Chief Legal Officers Report
The 2021 Chief Legal Officers Survey, undertaken by ACC in partnership with Exterro, builds on responses from 947 CLOs at organisations spanning 21 industries and 44 countries, making it one of the largest and most comprehensive surveys of its kind.
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NewsIrish DPC probes whether Facebook data leak falls under GDPR time frame
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is probing whether any of the data records of 533 million Facebook users published over the weekend were leaked after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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NewsData protection act enforcement may be further delayed in Thailand
Thailand’s new digital economy and society minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn is considering postponing full enforcement of the country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) scheduled for June, in part to give small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more time to prepare. Implementation has already been delayed once.
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VideoCanada’s Proposed Updated Federal Privacy Law: What You Need to Know
On November 17th, 2020, the Canadian Minister of Information, Science and Economic Development introduced Bill C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act (DCIA).
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VideoUS Privacy: The Year for Change?
The US privacy landscape is currently fragmented. With nearly half of the States planning to introduce new privacy bills in the first half of 2020 but having to postpone them due to Covid-19.
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VideoResponse to Schrems II: Global Case Studies Responding to the ECJ Decision
A panel of speakers discuss both the specific issues related to data sharing with Brexit and post-Schrems II as well as other changes across the globe.
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NewsDutch DPA fines Booking.com €475,000 for late reporting of data breach
The hotel booking firm Booking.Com has been fined €475,000 for failing to report a data breach to the authorities for 22 days
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NewsEU-South Korea data protection adequacy decision one step closer
The European Union and South Korea have confirmed there is a high degree of convergence between their data protection regulations, paving the way for an adequacy decision which would allow the free flow of personal data between them.
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VideoA Growing Trend: Class Action Cases
Class actions are on the rise with high profile organisations Oracle and Salesforce hit with GDPR class action lawsuits over the use of third party cookies for ad tracking and targeting across several countries.
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Video2021 and Beyond: Regulations on the Horizon
During this discussion, panellists will explore the updates and new laws coming into effect in the next 12 months.
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NewsWashington Privacy Bill redrafted to add sweeping opt-out controls
Washington state’s new Privacy Bill has been amended and strengthened by state house lawmakers to include new opt-out controls and private right to action.
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ResearchCharting the UK Data Protection Profession: March 2021 Report
Data Protection World Forum and The DPO Centre are delighted to bring you the third Index survey report from the ground-breaking UK Data Protection Index.
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NewsRegulators urged to ‘stop squabbling’ over GDPR enforcement
The European Commission Vice President has called on regulators to stop squabbling over the enforcement of data protection rules or face the possibility of a centralised model.
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NewsSwiss DPA probes vaccine website for possible data security breach
The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (DPIC) in Switzerland is probing a possible data security breach by a website that allows people to voluntarily upload an electronic version of their vaccination record.
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NewsIndia seeks to stop WhatsApp privacy rule changes
The Indian government has filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court to restrain WhatsApp from implementing a new privacy policy.
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AnalysisSeven key themes from PrivSec Global Day One
Here are the talking points and takeaways from Day One of PrivSec Global
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NewsUS options to resolve Schrems II outcome spelt out
Authorities in the US have three ways of overcoming commercial data transfer difficulties created by the Schrems II ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), according to the Congressional Research Service.
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BlogA quick glance at the current state of US privacy laws
Confused about the state of play when it comes to the varying United States’ privacy laws? Here is an at-a-glance reminder of where we are in several states ahead of PrivSec Global’s panel, US Privacy: The Year for Change?
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NewsFrance’s DPA investigates Clubhouse for GDPR compliance
The Data Protection Authority in France has launched a probe into social chat app Clubhouse to verify compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), marking a second questioning of the company’s practices by European authorities.
