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Significant Shift in the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority’s Definition of Consent

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) has issued a new statement introducing a significant change in the interpretation of the law and in the required methods for obtaining consent to the collection and processing of...more

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Israel’s GDPR-like Legislation Set to Take Effect in 2025

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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

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Expansion of Privacy Protection Regulations regarding data from the EEA

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As of January 1, 2025, the Israeli Privacy Protection Regulations (Instructions for data being transferred to Israel from the European Economic Area) will also apply to data being stored or processed in Israel or in other...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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Israel: Significant Changes in Privacy Protection Law

The Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee has approved an amendment to the Israeli Privacy Protection Law (PPL). The amendment proposes extensive changes to the PPL, including granting additional enforcement powers...more

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Information Transferred from European Economic Area

In light of the European Union Commission’s examination to renew the adequacy status granted to Israel in 2011, the Israeli Ministry of Justice has promulgated new privacy protection regulations, called “Provisions Regarding...more

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Israeli Privacy Protection Authority Clarifies Scope of Duty to Inform on Collection and Use of Personal Information

Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) recently published its position on the duty to inform when collecting and using personal data. This is an important position, as it clarifies how to design the interface with the...more

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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

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

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New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

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More Dominos Fall on the Data Protection Table

As all of our readers know by now, as of October 6, the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework is no more. Safe Harbor was the mechanism on which thousands of US companies (and thousands of companies based in the European Union)...more

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