Hunton Privacy

JUNE 1, 2020

In 2013, Planet49 GmbH (“Planet49”), a German website, organized a promotional lottery online. In line with the CJEU ruling, the BGH also reiterated that the question of whether the information stored on the user device is personal data does not matter in the context of the cookie consent requirements. Background.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 8, 2014

On April 8, 2014, the European Court of Justice ruled that the EU Data Retention Directive is invalid because it disproportionally interferes with the European citizens’ rights to private life and protection of personal data. The Court’s ruling applies retroactively to the day the Directive entered into force.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2014

The Guidelines were prepared by an expert group set up by the European Commission in February 2013. Personal data protection SLOs are developed with reference to situations where the cloud service provider acts as a data processor on behalf of its customer acting as the data controller ( e.g. , B2B services).

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 11, 2013

On February 20, 2013, the UK Court of Appeal issued its decision in Smeaton v Equifax Plc , [2013] EWCA Civ 108 , overturning an award of damages to an individual about whom a credit reference agency had maintained an inaccurate record. Obligation to Ensure Accuracy of Personal Data. Facts of the Case.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

On November 14, 2013, the Minister of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (the “Minister”) announced that Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the “Act”) would be going into effect as of November 15, marking the end of years of postponements. The law imposes cross-border transfer restrictions.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JUNE 17, 2019

On 6 June, 2019, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the “ PCPD “) issued an enforcement notice against Cathay Pacific Airways (and its affiliate Hong Kong Dragon Airlines) (together, “ Cathay Pacific “) in respect of a data breach concerning unauthorized access to the personal data of some 9.4

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 21, 2019

On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance [1] finalizing, at the legislative level [2] , the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation [3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680 [4]. Following-up the adoption of the GDPR, the French Law No.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 24, 2019

The French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (CNIL) has finally decided to replace its recommendations of 2013 which were no more compliant with the GDPR, by new guidelines. The guidelines clarify the fact that Article 82 of the Data Protection Act apply regardless of the fact that the data involved are personal data or not.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 14, 2020

While the provisions of Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act have remained unchanged, the CNIL revised its soft law instruments to take into account the strengthened consent requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Also in January, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) fined Carphone Warehouse £400,000 – one of the largest fines it issued under the DPA (Data Protection Act) 1998 – for multiple security inadequacies that led to a 2015 data breach in which three million customers’ personal data was compromised. November.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

We want businesses to ensure that their customers and future customers have consented to having their personal data processed, but we also need to ensure that the enormous potential for new data rights and freedoms does not open us up to new threats. How then will we secure adequacy without adhering to the charter?

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Search for your account across multiple breaches [link] — Have I Been Pwned (@haveibeenpwned) December 4, 2013 And then, as they say, things kinda escalated quickly. ” Anyone can type in an email address into the site to check if their personal data has been compromised in a security breach.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Relatively recent advances in technology — smartphones and social media, in particular — have allowed businesses to collect, store, and find ways to monetize far more personal data than ever before. social security and credit card numbers, employee and patient health data, and customer financial records).”43

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 4, 2013

On May 31, 2013, the Council of the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs released a draft compromise text in response to the European Commission’s proposed General Data Protection Regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”). Currently, the Presidency is held by Ireland, with Lithuania taking over on July 1 for the second half of 2013.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

On January 17, 2013, Mexico’s Ministry of Economy published its Lineamientos del Aviso de Privacidad (in Spanish) (“Privacy Notice Guidelines” or “Guidelines”), which it prepared in collaboration with the Mexican data protection authority. Opt-in consent requirements continue to apply for sensitive data and financial/asset data.).

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 7, 2020

Practically, There's Work to be Done I started writing HIBP on a plane to the Philippines in 2013 and finished up a bunch of it in a hotel room once I landed. That exercise alone requires help and for a while now, I've been talking to some of the smartest people I know in this space.

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