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Romanian DPA published its activity report for 2019

On the European Data Protection Day 2020 (i.e. on 28 January 2020), the Romanian DPA published (in Romanian and English languages) a brief statistical activity report for 2019.

3 February 2020

Enforcement & finesMarketing & cookies

Data Protection round-up: Key stories of 2019 and forecast for 2020

2019 was a year of major developments for privacy and data protection in Ireland and abroad. According to Ireland, the year 2020 will be a milestone for DPC.

28 January 2020

Cloud & vendors

Microsoft under a cloud amid GDPR concerns over its cloud contracts

Since the implementation of the GDPR, cloud players have been forced to both rethink their tools and review their contracts.

14 January 2020

Breach notificationLegislation

Data breach notification obligation under turkish data protection law

In Turkey, the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (the "Law") requires data controllers to take all necessary technical and administrative measures.

13 January 2020

Enforcement & fines

5 takeaways from the first year and a half of GDPR fines

The end of the year is usually the time for reflections. Although the first year of GDPR officially ended at the end of May 2019, now is as good of a time as any to look back and summarise what the first year and a half of GDPR and GDPR fines has shown us.

9 January 2020

Breach notification

Report on the State of Privacy in Slovakia

The Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as “Office”) pursuant to the provisions of § 81 para. 2, par. k) of Act no. 18/2018 Coll. on the protection of personal data and on amendments to certain acts shall submit to the National Council of the Slovak Republic a Report on the State of Personal Protection in Slovak Republic for the period of 25 May 2018 to 24 May 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “Report”).

20 December 2019

Litigation

The Danish Data Protection Agency has published new rulings regarding email encryption within the security of processing area

Article 32 of the GDPR on the security of processing has been one of the main focus areas of the Danish Data Protection Agency (the DDPA) in 2019.

20 December 2019

Enforcement & fines

The Belgian data protection authority issues a fine for unlawful use of the national identity card as a tool for customer card enrolment

The Belgian electronic identity card system has been in vogue for a number of years now as a reliable means for electronic identification. It relies principally on the official national register number to identify citizens. Private sector use of that number is however strictly regulated - and the GDPR has created a new avenue for enforcing that law.

13 December 2019

Enforcement & fines

Administrative fine of 14.500.000 Euro imposed against German Real Estate Company

The Berlin Data Protection Authority has imposed an administrative fine against a Berlin real estate company for 14,5 Million euros due to violations of GDPR regulations

12 December 2019

Enforcement & fines

Conditions for imposing administrative fines – The German Data Protection Authorities’ approach

On 16 October 2019, the German Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) published their concept of how to determine administrative fines.

12 December 2019

iGaming and Privacy in Malta: Tensions?

Data, and not FIAT or digital currency, is the real currency that measures the worth of a gambling operation, and the single common feature between every gaming operator.

9 December 2019

Enforcement & finesData subject rightsBreach notification

Portugal: recent fines for the breach of the GDPR

More than a year has passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “GDPR”) has been applicable in all EU member states.

9 December 2019

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