News & Analysis as of May 7, 2025

Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)

+ Follow

Follow this channel for updates and analysis on all aspects of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, a reform of EU's data protection rules that impacts... more +

Follow this channel for updates and analysis on all aspects of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, a reform of EU's data protection rules that impacts individuals throughout the Union and all businesses operating therein. less -

Privacy by Design: Understanding and Implementing the Framework

Osano on 12/13/2024

As of this writing, the CAM4 security incident remains the largest data breach in history. The attack on the website exposed nearly 11 billion records, including users' names, email addresses, sexual orientations, chat...more

Data Privacy Guide - Portugal

International Lawyers Network on 5/7/2024

Introduction - Data protection is being driven by rapid technological advances and the increasing digitalization of society. Data protection legislation in Portugal is aligned with European Union law, in particular with...more

CNIL publishes ‘AI How-To Sheets’ on Aligning Artificial Intelligence Systems with GDPR

BCLP on 10/26/2023

A few days ago, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published its first draft guidelines for the use of AI systems in the form of "AI How-To Sheets" with the aim to “help professionals reconcile innovation with...more

Navigating Privacy Compliance Challenges for Startup Success

Ankura on 10/17/2023

Startups face unique challenges that can impact their success and sustainability. Obstacles such as financial constraints (inadequate funding or limited cash flow) and resource constraints often result in small teams having...more

Privacy and Data Security

Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/30/2023

The very definition of generative AI suggests the creation of new content based on a program training on existing data, a recipe that necessarily raises potential U.S. and EU data privacy issues, not to mention related...more

Monetizing Sports Data and Protecting Athlete Privacy: Where is the Balance?

Ankura on 3/15/2023

The collection of personal data by organizations in the sports industry creates unique data privacy challenges. Generally, a business-to-consumer organization is focused on the personal data of its customers and separately...more

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act Is Now on the House Floor. How Has It Changed?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/4/2022

The Commerce and Energy Committee has voted to send the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) to the House, but not without some changes....more

From CCPA to CPRA: What are the Key Takeaways?

Ankura on 4/28/2022

The first major consumer-focused privacy regulation in the U.S., the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), came into effect on January 1st, 2020, which seems like a lifetime ago. Now it’s April 2022, and there are several...more

Privacy Impact Assessments – Practical Considerations

Ankura on 1/10/2022

This is the first of a multi-article series focused on privacy impact assessments. This first article provides an overview of privacy impact assessments, the existing and pending privacy laws which require privacy impact...more

Privacy Update: FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the "Internet of Things"

ArentFox Schiff on 10/13/2021

FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the “Internet of Things” - The FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of...more

10 key proposals from the UK government’s consultation on reforming data protection law

Hogan Lovells on 9/16/2021

On 10 September 2021, the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published its long-awaited proposals for reform of the country’s data protection laws. The consultation paper includes a...more

CPRA Series: The CPRA And Risk Assessments

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/3/2021

The California Privacy Protection Act (CPRA) amended the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and has an operative date of January 1, 2023. The CPRA introduces new compliance obligations including a requirement that...more

[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

Spirit Legal on 3/4/2021

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

New DIFC Data Protection Law in Force - What You Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/2/2020

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

International News: Focus on Global Privacy and Cybersecurity - September 2020

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/15/2020

Generally, contact tracing refers to an effort by public health officials to identify individuals with whom a patient who has tested positive for an infectious disease has been in close proximity. Public health officials will...more

Global Solutions Episode 6: Consent to Collect? Processing Employee COVID-19 Data

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/22/2020

In addition to the potential uses of contact-tracing apps, discussed recently in episode 1 of the Global Solutions series, most employers now conduct some form of employee screening or monitoring to help prevent the spread of...more

Norway Offers COVID-19 Data Privacy Guidance Related To Work, Health, E-learning

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/20/2020

General: This is not the time for strict enforcement of data protection. We are showing agility during this crisis. Work: •Information that someone is infected with coronavirus is health information. •Information that...more

Irish Data Protection Commission conducts dawn raid to learn more about Facebook’s pending dating service

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 3/12/2020

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 5 (March 5, 2020) - On Feb. 3, Facebook Inc. informed the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it would be rolling out a new dating service Feb. 14. The DPC was concerned about...more

UK ICO Provides Guidance On Processing Sensitive Information

Fox Rothschild LLP on 11/20/2019

The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office has updated its guidance on Special Category Data (Article 9 General Data Protection Regulation). Key takeaways: Genetic Data- Genetic analysis that includes enough...more

Continuing GDPR Pressure for Adtech

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/6/2019

Data protection authorities (DPAs) in the European Union (EU) continue to scrutinize practices in the adtech sector for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and local data protection and...more

20 Results

View per page

Page: of 1

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) › Data Privacy › Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"