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New Hungarian regime aiming to reform local digital economy and introduce data wallets

Hungary’s new draft Act on National Data Assets introduces a new regime, where data held by state agencies and local governments (i.e. public organizations) would be accessible for both individuals and companies, thus helping the re-use of public data and strenghtening the country’s digital economy. There are also plans to support data subjects in monetizing their own data and enhance informational self-determination with a data wallet project.

5 July 2021

Data Localization Rules Imposed on Social Media Companies in Turkey

On Oct. 1, 2020, amendements to the Regulation of Internet Broadcasts and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts (Law No. 5651), also known as Social Media Law in Turkey, entered into force. The amendments define social network provider, oblige social network providers to appoint a local representative, sets procedures for content removal, requests reports every six months and requires user data to be store within Turkey On Oct. 2, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority, Turkey’s telecommunications regulatory authority, published guidance, or secondary regulation, clarifying the amendments applicable to social network providers.

30 June 2021

Employment data

Slovenian Information Commissioner authorises publication of data on Police staff salaries and other personal data

Following a strike announcement by two Police unions (over low pay, among other issues), the Ministry of Interior published on its website the names, surnames, gross pay levels and Covid 19 allowances for all Ministry staff, including those working for the Police (an independent agency within the Ministry). The Information Commissioner (IC) supported this move and reiterated their position that the publication of the personal data in question was in line with the Access to Public Information Act, which declares such data, if it relates to public servants, to be public information.

22 June 2021

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection has published its privacy protection report for 2020

In January 2021, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (“IMY”) published its privacy protection report for 2020 (the “Report”). Based on the Report, organizations using technologies such as AI, IoT or web scraping should expect increased monitoring from a Swedish perspective. As highlighted by IMY in the Report, such organizations should focus on performing risk analyses and impact assessments, implementing privacy by design and privacy by default, as well as informing data subjects of the processing of their data in a clear and transparent manner.

18 June 2021

Employment data

Can an employer use video surveillance to monitor whether its employees abide by preventive measures and wear protective masks?

The on-going pandemic of Covid-19 has put many challenges before the society. In order to ensure healthy working environment, many employers in Serbia have been trying to use different tools to make sure that the measures aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19 are being respected by their employees. In that manner, some of them raised questions related to whether they can install or use already installed video surveillence to monitor the usage of protective masks by their employees. Part of the answer to their question was given by the Serbian Data Protection Authority which has recently issued an opinion.

16 June 2021

Legislation

Will co-regulation finally work? The first EU level codes of conduct are approved under the GDPR in Belgium and France

Like the old Data Protection Directive, the GDPR allows the private sector to draft codes of conduct to help demonstrate compliance with the GDPR. They’ve never been too succesful, with only one such code being approved at the EU level in 25 years of European data protection law. Last week, two new ones joined the playing field, both focused on cloud computing.

28 May 2021

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