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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Facebook Reaches Settlement with ICO over £500,000 Data Protection Fine
Facebook reached a settlement with the UK Information Commissioner's Office, agreeing to pay a fine of 500,000 GBP in relation to the processing and sharing of its users' personal data…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Spain’s Supreme Court Rules Electricity Consumption Information is Personal Data
By Odia Kagan
I know who you are and I've seen how much electricity you consume: the Supreme Court of Spain holds that data derived from the measurement of the individual consumption of…
Eye On Privacy
Processor or Controller? It Really Depends
The European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor recently issued a joint opinion on the processing of personal data and the role of the European Commission within…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
German Court: Internal Recorded Statements and Notes Are Personal Data and Must Be Disclosed
By Odia Kagan
The Higher Regional Court of Cologne Germany has held that internal recorded statements, conversation notes or telephone notes constitute personal data and copies of them must be disclosed in response…
Covington Digital Health
ICO Launches Public Consultation on New Data Sharing Code of Practice
By Dan Cooper, Sam Jungyun Choi, Nicholas Shepherd
On July 16, 2019, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) released a new draft Data sharing code of practice (“draft Code”), which provides practical guidance for organizations on how to share personal data…
All About IP
UK ICO Intends to Fine Marriott over £99m for Personal Data Breach under the GDPR
By Oliver Yaros, Mark A. Prinsley
In its second statement of intent of the week, on 9 July 2019, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced its intention to fine Marriott International, Inc (“Marriott”) £99.2m under…
China Law Insight
投资出行领域，数据是金矿还是烫手山芋？
By King & Wood
随着智能手机的普及，近几年兴起的专车、顺风车、共享单车、分时租赁等移动出行平台， 改变了人们的出行方式。为享受这些移动出行平台带来的便捷，人们需要下载并注册相关的应用软件（App） 。可能很少人会注意到或认真关注这些应用软件背后的平台收集了多少个人用户数据（“个人数据”）以及如何使用这些数据。
Ad Law Access
Ad Law Access Podcast: California advances CCPA amendments; Nevada and Maine pass laws to reign in “sale” of personal data
By Kelley Drye
On a new episode of the Ad Law Access Podcast, Alex Schneider discusses the recently approved (four) bills to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Nevada and Maine…
LathamGermany
Erste Urteile zum Recht auf Auskunft und Kopie nach Art. 15 DSGVO
Müssen Verantwortliche betroffenen Personen auf Anfrage umfangreiche Datensätze zur Verfügung stellen? Von Tim Wybitul Art. 15 Abs. 1 DSGVO gibt natürlichen Personen ein Auskunftsrecht über die Verarbeitung ihrer personenbezogenen Daten.…
Consumer Protection Review
Nevada Expands Online Privacy Law to Grant Consumers Additional Rights While Excluding Certain Institutions From Compliance
By Nicola Menaldo, Gabriella Gallego
Nevada is the latest state to strengthen privacy laws to address the perceived need for more oversight of how companies handle personal data. On May 29, 2019, Nevada’s governor signed…