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Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israeli Privacy Protection Authority Publishes New Statement Concerning Location Data in Workplaces

There has been an uptrend in recent years of employers using a variety of technological tools to supervise their employees and oversee the quality of their work. The use of these tools has become more prevalent due to the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Nach Schrems-II-Urteil: Fragebogen als Arbeitshilfe auch für Arbeitgeber

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Das Portal fragdenstaat.de (Link) hat einen Fragebogen der Hamburgischen Datenschutzbehörde veröffentlicht, mit Hilfe dessen die Behörde die Umsetzung des Schrems-II-Urteils exemplarisch am Einsatz von Office 365 überprüft....more

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35 million reasons to take privacy seriously: German data protection authority hits fashion store owner H&M with second-highest...

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It was announced today that the Hamburg data protection authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of a whopping €35,258,707.95 on the fashion retailer H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG, which is based in Hamburg....more

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5 Recommendations for French HR on How to Process Personal Data Collected During COVID-19

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As the coronavirus has spread worldwide to reach pandemic level, employers are putting into place measures group-wide to limit risks of contagion within the work place. Some of these measures have led companies to question...more

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A GDPR Update for Employers, Part IV: Implementing Lessons Learned From GDPR Complaints and Enforcement Actions

Much has happened since the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. Many EU countries have enacted national legislation to implement and expand the requirements of the...more

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French DPA Issues Robust Model Regulation for Biometric Access Controls in the Workplace

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In late March, the French Data Protection Authority, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (“CNIL”) released a model regulation (the “Model Regulation”) governing the use of biometric access controls in the...more

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France Continues to Focus on Use of Biometrics

The French CNIL (the country’s data protection authority) has released rules for how companies can use the biometric information of their employees. Fingerprint scanning is a popular method for “clocking in” around the globe,...more

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EU Regulator Discusses Enforcement Priorities for the GDPR

On March 27, 2018, Helen Dixon, the data protection commissioner for Ireland, outlined the enforcement priorities of the Irish data protection authority (DPA) for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) during the...more

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The Italian Data Protection Authority restricts the monitoring of employees’ internet access and e-mail use

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The Italian Data Protection Authority (“IDPA”) issued its first decision interpreting the amended Section 4 of the “Workers’ Bill of Rights,” concerning the monitoring of employees’ internet access and e-mail use. In...more

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EU Commission Adopts EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

On July 12, 2016, the European Commission formally adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield to replace the previously invalidated Safe Harbor Framework as an adequate method of transferring personal data from the European Economic...more

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