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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Series Part #2: The Importance of Self-Assessment
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 which comes into force in May 2018, will introduce major changes to the law on the processing of…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
ICO Publishes Guidance on Consent under the EU GDPR
Recently, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office published draft guidance regarding the consent requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation that sets forth how the ICO interprets the GDPR’s consent…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
UK ICO Publishes Guidance on Consent Under GDPR
The UK Information Commissioner's Office has just published draft guidance on consent under GDPR. This is an interesting move given that the Article 29 Working Party has promised guidance on…
La Revue
La CJUE précise la loi applicable en matière de commerce en ligne et de traitements des données à caractère personnel
La CJUE a examiné les clauses des CGV d’un grand site de vente en ligne précisant la loi applicable à la relation avec le consommateur résidant dans un autre État…
Proskauer on Privacy
An Overview of the New General Data Protection Regulation
By Daniel Ornstein, Kelly McMullon
The European Parliament has approved the reformed General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). Given this is a Regulation (rather than a Directive), this legislation will apply automatically in every Member…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Future-Proofing Privacy: Data Processors’ New Obligations
What’s the deal? The Regulation will have a significant impact on service providers/vendors (i.e. data “processors”) and organisations that engage them because: The Regulation imposes a number of detailed obligations and restrictions directly…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Future-Proofing Privacy: Justifying Data Uses
Grounds for processing Currently, under the Data Protection Directive, each instance of data processing requires a legal justification – a “ground for processing”. This fundamental feature of EU data protection law will remain unchanged…
Tech Law Blog
Territorial scope of Data Protection Directive under the microscope again
The Administrative Court of Hamburg recently overturned an order of the Hamburg Data Protection Authority (DPA) against Facebook. The Court held that Irish, not German, data protection law was applicable,…
Datenschutz
OLG Hamm zur Datenverarbeitung im Kraftfahrzeug
By Jan Spittka, Dr. Marcus Schreibauer
Das Oberlandesgericht Hamm musste sich in einer Entscheidung vom 2. Juli 2015 (Az. 28 U 46/15) erstmals mit der Frage auseinandersetzen, ob die fahrzeuginterne Speicherung von Daten, welche anlässlich der…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Part 4: Future-proofing privacy: Justifying Data Uses – From Consent to Legitimate Interests
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Grounds for processing Under the Data Protection Directive, each instance of data processing requires a legal justification – a “ground for processing”. This fundamental feature of EU data protection law…