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UPDATE: Registration deadlines for VERBİS extended

By Ekin Inal (TR) & Ecem Naz Boyacıoğlu (TR)

June 26, 2020

The deadline for data controllers to register with the Data Protection Authority’s publicly accessible data controller registry, known as VERBİS, has been extended. In its June 23, 2020 decision, the Authority extends the VERBİS registration deadline until September 30, 2020 for the following data controllers: Turkish data controllers employing more than 50 people annually or whose annual total financial statement exceeds TL 25 million (approx. USD 3.7 million), and Data controllers not located in Turkey.…

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Schrems II judgement due in July – what this might mean for your outsourcing deal

By Marcus Evans (UK), Lara White (UK) & Janine Regan (UK)

June 17, 2020

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Just when we thought our summers might have been looking a bit dull, it was announced that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will be making its final ruling in Case C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland & Schrems on 16 July 2020. This judgement concerns the legality of the European Commission approved Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) which many organisations rely on to transfer personal data outside of the UK and…

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Selling and utilising personal data in an insolvency situation

By Marcus Evans (UK), Janine Regan (UK), Rebecca Oliver (UK) & Alice Routh (UK)

June 1, 2020

Many businesses are suffering serious financial difficulties as a result of COVID-19, particularly those in the retail, hospitality and tourism sectors. For many of these businesses the one asset that will undoubtedly retain value, despite the pandemic, will be their customer database. This valuable commodity could help attract potential purchasers. But this is a tricky area to navigate, particularly following the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), since both the ICO and the FCA have started…

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Singapore’s Public Consultation on proposed changes to the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act

By Wilson Ang (SG), Stella Cramer (SG), Jessica Paulin (SG) & Jeremy Lua (SG)

May 21, 2020

On 14 May 2020, the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) announced a public consultation (the Public Consultation) on the draft Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill (the Draft Bill) and related amendments to the Spam Control Act (SCA). The Public Consultation will take place from 14 May 2020 to 28 May 2020. The Draft Bill is the culmination of a series of consultations between the…

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Contact tracing apps: A new world for data privacy

By Anna Gamvros (HK) & Steven Hadwin (UK)

May 13, 2020

May 12, 2020 Norton Rose Fulbright today launched its survey analysing regulatory and policy issues applicable to COVID-19 contact tracing and related tracking technology across 18 jurisdictions. The global survey explores key issues across Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Indonesia, Russia, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, UAE, UK and US, including: How are governments using technology to monitor and control the spread of COVID-19? What are the major privacy…

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How to process employees’ health data in France after lockdown: dos and don’ts for employers

By Cécile Auvieux (FR) & Nadège Martin (FR)

May 4, 2020

A few weeks ago, we provided you with a summary of the rights and obligations of employers with regard to the personal data of their employees during lockdown. On 11 May, many employees will return to their workplaces. Below you will find answers to the main questions you may have ahead as the end of the lockdown approaches. Could an employer require its employees to use StopCovid or a similar private app and require to…

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StopCovid: the French contact-tracing app

By Cécile Auvieux (FR) & Nadège Martin (FR)

May 4, 2020

Following the example of many European countries, the French government plans to introduce a contact tracing app, known as “StopCovid”. The app is designed to be used by people once they leave the confinement of their homes with the aim of preventing the spread of COVID-19. StopCovid is being developed within the INRIA, the French national research institute for digital sciences and technologies. This blog post summarises the status of the project and the discussions…

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How contact tracing apps in Asia are being used to fight COVID-19 – is the reward worth the risk?

By Anna Gamvros (HK) & Libby Ryan (HK)

April 24, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen governments across the world restricting civil liberties and movement to unprecedented levels. To aid the safe lifting of current public health restrictions, new technologies are being developed and rolled out to automate labour intensive tasks critical to containing the spread of the virus, such as contact tracing. Contact tracing applications essentially work using either Bluetooth technology or GPS to log every time two or more users are close to each…

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Irish data protection authority launches new cookie guidance and indicates cookie investigations are on the horizon

By Janine Regan (UK), Christoph Ritzer (DE), Nadège Martin (FR) & Marcus Evans (UK)

April 16, 2020

Last week, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) published its much anticipated guidance note on cookies and similar tracking technologies (the “Guidance”). It also published a report following a “cookie sweep” that took place between August 2019 and December 2019 of 38 data controllers (the “Report”). The cookie sweep requested information from the data controllers and examined the deployment of cookies on their websites to understand how and whether they were complying with the cookie…

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California AG Issues Significant Changes to Draft CCPA Regulations as of March 2020

By Jeewon Kim Serrato (US) & Susan Ross (US)

April 9, 2020

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On February 7, 2020, and again on March 11, 2020, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) issued revisions to the proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations, and there are some surprises in both the additions and in the deletions. For the CCPA regulations to become effective on July 1, the final regulation text must be filed with the Secretary of State by May 29. Click here for the text of modified regulations. Our…

Data Protection Report

Data protection legal insight at the speed of technology

UPDATE: Registration deadlines for VERBİS extended

Schrems II judgement due in July – what this might mean for your outsourcing deal

Selling and utilising personal data in an insolvency situation

Singapore’s Public Consultation on proposed changes to the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act

Contact tracing apps: A new world for data privacy

How to process employees’ health data in France after lockdown: dos and don’ts for employers

StopCovid: the French contact-tracing app

How contact tracing apps in Asia are being used to fight COVID-19 – is the reward worth the risk?

Irish data protection authority launches new cookie guidance and indicates cookie investigations are on the horizon

California AG Issues Significant Changes to Draft CCPA Regulations as of March 2020

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