E14: The Three Pillars of GDPR
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In 2024, Israel became the latest jurisdiction to enact comprehensive privacy legislation, largely inspired by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). On August 5, 2024, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, voted...more
Are you responsible for privacy compliance at your company? Sharpen your pencils and grab your highlighters for this three-part series on critical privacy laws, DPOs and privacy officers (and when you should appoint one), and...more
Introduction - We have compiled the main differences between the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing...more
Governing Data Protection Legislation - 2.1. Overview of principal legislation - The General Regulation Data Protection (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), as implemented by Law 190/2018 is the principal data...more
On September 7, 2023, the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA) issued the Implementing Regulations of the Personal Data Protection Law (the Implementing Regulations) and the Regulations on Personal...more
In a significant milestone for EU-U.S. cross-border transfers of personal data under Article 45 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data...more
On 8 March 2023, the newly-created Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (“DSIT”) introduced the UK government’s updated proposals for data protection reform in the shape of the Data Protection and Digital...more
Organisations should expect increased scrutiny and enforcement activity around the role of data protection officers in the coming year. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has announced that its coordinated...more
While the reform is a long way away from a certainty, it represents a departure of the UK from the EU’s strict adherence and adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation which came into effect in 2018. Earlier this...more
On March 15, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced a coordinated action on the role of the data protection officers (DPOs). The data protection authorities (DPAs) will ask DPOs a series of questions to...more
Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) wird bald darüber entscheiden, ob europäische Datenschutzbehörden künftig leichter Bußgelder nach Art. 83 DSGVO gegen Unternehmen verhängen können. Diese Entscheidung kann großen Einfluss...more
The recent CJEU decision in X-FAB (Case C-453/21) provides guidance on how to determine whether a conflict of interest could arise for your Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) and how to avoid this. It also confirms the approach...more
On January 12, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the data subject’s right of access to personal data requires controllers to provide the data subject with the identity of the companies that...more
For American companies doing business in Europe and European businesses relying on U.S. vendors and service providers, 2023 may be the year when Europe and the United States finally come together to implement a viable and...more
The legislation of privacy protection laws in Israel has shifted into high gear and is beginning to close the gap with legislation in Europe. A major step in this direction occurred about a month ago when the Ministerial...more
Bill 64 largely tracks with already existing privacy regulations in other jurisdictions and will take effect over the course of the next three years, with some provisions taking effect in September 2022. On September 21...more
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted a little over 3 years ago in May 2018, many organizations that collect personal data of individuals in the European Union (EU) have enhanced their data privacy...more
Gerade für Juristen ist Begeisterung für und ein Verständnis von Branchen, Geschäftsmodellen und Technologien – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des Datenschutzrechts und des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes – unerlässlich und...more
Data Transfer from the European Union to the United States is a knotty process. The difficulties were compounded this summer when Europe’s highest court held the “Privacy Shield” program enabling U.S-E.U. data transfers...more
On October 1, 2020, the three-month grace period for businesses to comply with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law (DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020) (“DPL 2020”) came to an end. Regulating the...more
On August 14, 2018, the Brazilian government approved the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, known as the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (“LGPD”). Enforcement was set to begin on August 15, 2020 but then, due to...more
Even though the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective on May 25, 2018, its application to U.S.-based employers continues to evolve and increase in complexity. For U.S. employers of European Union (“EU”)...more
McDermott Will & Emery a le plaisir de vous convier à un webinaire sur le thème "Ce que vous avez peut-être manqué des actualités RGPD: la montée en puissance de l’accountability?" qui abordera les thèmes suivants: -...more