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Belgian Data Protection Authority Issues Updated Guidance on Direct Marketing Rules

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On March 10, 2025, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) updated its 2020 guidance on the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes (see the updated guidance here in French and in Dutch)....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Don’t Forget the EU: Italy Issued First GenAI Fine of €15 Million Alleging GDPR Violations 

At the end of 2024 the Italian Data Protection Authority issued a 15 million euro fine in the first generative AI-related case brought under GDPR. According to Garante (the Italian authority), OpenAI trained ChatGPT with...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - January 2025, Vol. 25

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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Mexico’s Federal Government Initiates Process to Eliminate Autonomous Data Privacy Authority

Mexico’s new government has initiated the process for eliminating autonomous institutes, including the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI)....more

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VIETNAM, MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA: What You Need to Know About the New SE Asia Data Protection Laws

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It’s the turn of South-East Asian countries to update their data protection laws. Here is our summary of the proposed new data protection laws in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Organisations are advised to update their data...more

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GDPR Enforcement: Lessons from Recent Data Privacy Penalties

Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing...more

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CJEU clears the air, Dutch DPA’s interpretation of legitimate interests is too strict

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On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its long-awaited judgement in case C-621/22 (KNLTB), which clarifies that purely commercial interests may not be categorically excluded from...more

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Netherlands Imposes Record-Breaking Data Privacy Fine on Uber: 4 Key Steps Companies Can Take to Ensure Compliance

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Dutch data privacy officials recently imposed a staggering penalty on Uber – €290 million ($324 million) – for allegedly breaching the European Union’s comprehensive data privacy and security law. This groundbreaking fine is...more

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Dutch DPA’s fine decision suspended by Dutch court amidst “(commercial) legitimate interest-controversy”

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Once again, a Dutch district court has recalled a decision of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) for its too strict interpretation that purely commercial interests cannot be legitimate interests under Article...more

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Board of Director’s responsibility for data security in a company

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority recently published a binding directive addressing the board of director’s responsibilities for the fulfillment of a company’s obligations prescribed in the Privacy Protection...more

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Ireland: Increased Regulatory Convergence of AI and Data Protection: X Suspends Training of AI Chatbot With EU User Data After...

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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed X’s agreement to suspend its processing of certain personal data for the purpose of training its AI chatbot tool, Grok. This comes after the DPC issued suspension...more

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Brazil’s Data Protection Authority releases guidance on data protection officer responsibilities and duties

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On July 16, 2024, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published Resolution No. 18/2024 (Resolution 18) outlining rules on the appointment, definition, duties and activities of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) in...more

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Dutch DPA issues guidelines on data scraping

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On 1 May 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued guidelines on data scraping used by private organisations in relation to GDPR principles including ‘lawfulness’. The guidelines could affect the way GenAI...more

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President Biden Enacts New Executive Order On EU-US Data Flow Agreement; EU Adequacy Decision Forthcoming

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The Executive Order hopes to address what had been shortcomings in the previous Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield programs that were struck down by EU courts in 2015 and 2020 respectively. On October 7, 2022, President...more

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Switzerland Publishes Adequacy List of Countries Receiving Personal Data Transfers

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The Swiss government has drafted a proposed list of countries that are approved to receive personal data transfers out of Switzerland. Japan and South Korea are excluded from the current and proposed lists, requiring...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Google Analytics Runs Afoul of GDPR

Recent reports from several European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), the bodies empowered to regulate consumer privacy under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have ruled that Google Analytics violates the...more

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The Future of Privacy Regulation

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U.S. privacy law is undergoing dramatic change on an accelerating pace. New laws across the country address specific industries, certain kinds of data, and various concerning practices. There is international pressure to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

8 Things You Need to Know About United Kingdom (UK) International Data Transfers

Update: UK international data transfer agreement and UK addendum to the EU standard contractual clauses now in force In February, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), the United Kingdom (UK) data protection...more

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ANPD publishes Resolution regulating the application of LGPD provisions to small businesses

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On January 27, 2022, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published Resolution nr. 2, regulating the application of certain provisions of the General Personal Data Protection Act (LGPD) to small processing agents,...more

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ANPD publica Resolução regulamentando aplicação de dispositivos da LGPD a empresas de pequeno porte

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No dia 27 de janeiro de 2022, a Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD) publicou a Resolução n.º 2, regulamentando a aplicação de determinados dispositivos da Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD) a agentes...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - February 2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision in a case involving workers compensation and the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act, U.K. data transfer regimes before...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Voice Analysis Complicates Personal Privacy

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Most biometric readings require your presence in the same space as the measuring tools.  Facial recognition, retinal capture, fingerprints or hand geometry, even biomarked scents are measured in close physical proximity. The...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - April to June 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata - the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more

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International Data Protection Update – First Quarter 2021

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This quarterly update highlights some of the international data protection issues that have caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, in the past three months....more

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Spanish DPA shakes the privacy status quo in Spain – highest fines yet on personal data

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The Spanish Data Protection Agency (“Spanish DPA”) decided to start 2021 the same way it ended 2020: by imposing the highest fines to date (EUR 5,000,000 and 6,000,000) to two large Spanish financial entities. ...more

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