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5th INPLP online Webinar

Topics of this meeting were:MEET&GREET: New member Héctor Guzmán (MEXICO)BELEN: Next EU-US framework for international data transfers.ROB: Q&A on the new standard contractual clauses – questio…

29 June 2022

INPLP internal

The INPLP is growing worldwide

INPLP: We continue our path to success and are pleased to welcome our new members from Mexico and Panama and thus further expand our presence in North America. We highly encourage all interested law f…

29 June 2022

INPLP internal

A new member has joined the INPLP: Héctor Guzmán-Rodríguez (Mexico)

BGBG provides solutions and highly specialized advice in an agile, clear, and sincere manner, generating positive results for their clients that result in their growth. The Data Protection and Privacy…

28 June 2022

Seven Key figures from the Irish Data Protection Commission’s 2021 Annual Report

On 24 February 2022, the Data Protection Commission released its 2021 Annual Report (the “Report”) running to over one hundred pages. We pick seven figures from the Report that provide an insight into the work of the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”), the challenges it faces, and its focus for 2022.

6 June 2022

Litigation

Data retention overturned? Aftermath to the private sector?

The European Court of Justice has not just brought its settled case-law on data retention in line. Furthermore the ECJ also provides a blueprint on how data retention can legally: “Quick freeze”.

3 June 2022

Enforcement & fines

Argentina's Data Protection Authority publishes its 2021 Annual Report

Argentina’s data protection authority, the Agency of Access to Public Information, i.e. the controlling authority pursuant to Data Protection Law No. 25,326, recently published its 2021 Annual Report on the protection of personal data.

1 June 2022

Can audio surveillance be justified?

At the end of 2021, the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (DPA) issued a precept to a gas station using audio surveillance in its service stations, requiring them to, among other things, stop using audio surveillance. In the DPA’s opinion, audio surveillance could only be justified by very exceptional circumstances.

30 May 2022

Legislation

China’s New Regulations on Controlling Algorithmic Recommendations in Applications

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has circulated the Regulations on the Management of Algorithm Recommendations for Internet Information Services Provisions") since August 2021. The Regulations has been put in effect on 1 Mar 2022. The enactment of the Regulations certainly has good intention and in the positive direction. However, to follow the Regulations, some data profiling technologies might be needed. Additional considerations might be needed to ensure these technologies are used in compliance with other legal requirements.

27 May 2022

Legislation

Three criteria for the elaboration of the Regulation to the Ecuadorian data protection law

Ecuador continues to build its personal data protection system, for which those responsible for developing the regulation must properly understand and apply the criteria of the regulatory model that was assumed with the Personal Data Protection Law. Abstraction and flexibility; minimum administrative requirements and ex post control are key criteria to consider.

25 May 2022

Enforcement & fines

Unpacking the New Privacy Regime in India: The When, Who, What, and How?

The new Indian Privacy law mimics GDPR when it requires a ‘privacy by design’ architecture, sets up a central data protection authority, and mandates heavy fines for non-compliance! And, if this new bill has even a fraction of the seminal impact that GDPR had on European businesses back in 2016, we are looking at a law that will fundamentally change the way business is conducted in India. This article answers some basic questions about the new Indian law.

23 May 2022

Enforcement & finesAI & automation

The destruction of the algorithm: the new sanction for breaching the GDPR?

Since 2019, The Federlñ Trade Commission (FTC) has been seeking ways to punish the new digital unfair practices, consisting on illegally obtaining personal information from Internet users and exploit it with artificial intelligence tools. In this case, the punishment consists on what is called “the destruction of the algorithm”.

20 May 2022

Personal data protection in Ecuador, a few steps forward

The process of designating the Personal Data Protection Authority, the next milestone in the construction of the national data protection system in Ecuador, begins.

18 May 2022

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