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Guest Post -- New Global Data  and Privacy Regulations in 2018 and the GDPR

AIIM

In December of 2015 an agreement was reached, leading to the adoption of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in April 2016. First, it should be noted that GDPR does not apply only to companies located within the EU. Organizations that fail to comply with GDPR risk potentially massive penalties. But more on them later.

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GDPR – The Year in Review

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Following the one-year anniversary of the coming into effect of the GDPR, Hogan Lovells’ Privacy and Cybersecurity practice has prepared summaries of key GDPR-related developments of the past 12 months. The summaries cover regulatory guidance, enforcement actions, court proceedings, and various reports and materials.

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FRANCE: A new phase in European privacy law enforcement – CNIL fined Google LLC 50 million euros!

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 21 January 2019, the restricted committee of the French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (CNIL) fined Google LLC 50 million euros for breaching GDPR for lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding personalized advertising. . Why was Google not compliant with GDPR?

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