Recent decisions of the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA)
The pandemic year did not make data protection obsolete. Instead, a large amount of personal data was collected and...
"Schrems - Counter-Schrems"
New Bill sets to Impose Limitations on Transfers of Personal Data FROM the US to countries to which export of...
The Ö-Cloud Seal goes "live"
On 1 July 2021, Dr. Tobias Höllwarth was able to award the first Ö-Cloud quality seals together with Federal...
E-Health, Data Protection and Data Security: Legal foundations and practical...
Fitness trackers, electronic health cards, online consultations – the digital age has long since arrived in the...
New Hungarian regime aiming to reform local digital economy and introduce data...
Hungary’s new draft Act on National Data Assets introduces a new regime, where data held by state agencies and...
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...
China's First DPO-like Pilot Roll-out
Similar to GDPR, China’s draft Personal Information Protection Law also requires the designation of a Responsible...
Slovenian Information Commissioner authorises publication of data on Police...
Following a strike announcement by two Police unions (over low pay, among other issues), the Ministry of Interior...
The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection has published its privacy...
In January 2021, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (“IMY”) published its privacy protection report for...
Can an employer use video surveillance to monitor whether its employees abide by...
The on-going pandemic of Covid-19 has put many challenges before the society. In order to ensure healthy working...
A new member has joined the INPLP: Diego Fernandez (Argentina)
Marval O’Farrell Mairal was founded in 1923 and is the largest law firm in Argentina. Being a market leader at...
Will co-regulation finally work? The first EU level codes of conduct are...
Like the old Data Protection Directive, the GDPR allows the private sector to draft codes of conduct to help...
The way to the right for employee sobriety checks – Polish perspective
The article presents a current issue concerning sobriety data in the context of personal data protection and labour...
New members have joined the INPLP: Dániel Necz and Kinga Madocsai (Hungary)
SimpLEGAL is a Budapest-based state-of-the-art digital law firm both in the sense of practice areas and its client...
Portuguese Data Protection Authority activity report 2019/2020
As part of the fulfilment of the duties assigned to it by the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter...
Data breach reported to late? That’s a €475,000 fine!
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) has imposed a €475,000 fine on Booking.com...
Enforcement of the GPDR in Luxembourg: an issue at stake?
Max Schrems and his organisation NOYB (None Of Your Business) have recently begun a new battle, taking place in...
Monaco: Overview Of The Prior Control Activity Of The Personal Data Protection...
According to the current Monegasque legislation, the automated processing of personal data is subject to the...
Amendment on Enforcement Rules of the Japanese Privacy Law
The amendment on Enforcement Rules for the Act on the Protection of Personal Information was promulgated on March...
German Federal Cartel Office vs. Facebook – The one who wins the battle might...
The dispute between the German Federal Cartel Office and Facebook continues before the ECJ. This may mean that...