The European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into effect on January 17, 2025. DORA aims to harmonise rules concerning the provision of information and communication technology (ICT) services to...more
1/27/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) ,
EU ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment Management ,
Risk Management ,
Technology Sector ,
Third-Party Service Provider
On December 8, 2023, European Union policymakers brokered a deal on a broad law to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union....more
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently released its response to the UK government consultation, ‘Data: A new direction’. The consultation was conducted by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...more
12/23/2021
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Consultation ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
Data Subject Access Requests ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Risk-Based Approaches ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK
On June 4, 2021, the European Commission adopted two new sets of standard contractual clauses (SCCs): one for data transfers from data controllers to data processors and one for data transfers from data exporters to data...more
6/14/2021
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Corporate Counsel ,
Data Controller ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently declared that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is invalid because it does not provide an adequate level of protection for the transfer of personal data from the European...more
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
5/22/2019
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CCTV ,
CNIL ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Netherlands ,
Personal Data ,
Personnel Records ,
Portugal ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Risk Management ,
Social Networks ,
Surveillance ,
Video Recordings
On April 19, 2018, the Article 29 Working Party (Working Party), which is comprised of representatives from the data protection authorities in each of the 28 European Union (EU) member states, issued a position paper stating...more
With less than six months until the May 25, 2018, effective date for the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies are assessing their GDPR readiness and concentrating their compliance efforts...more