One of the key components of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”) is its stronger enforcement mechanisms. Administrative fines are one of the most powerful parts of the enforcement...more
On October 18, the Article 29 Working Party released its draft of “Guidelines on Personal data breach notification under Regulation 2016/679” (“Guidelines on Personal data breach notification,” WP250). The guidelines are not...more
On October 18, the Article 29 Working Party released its draft of “ Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling for the Purpose of Regulation 2016/679” (“Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making...more
On October 18, 2017, the EU Commission (“Commission”) published its report and other working documents (“Report”) on its first annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”). The Report summarizes that...more
On January 10, 2017, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (the “Proposed Regulation”). The Proposed Regulation would repeal and replace Directive 2002/58/EC...more