Biometric Data and their “sensitivity” under Mexican Data Protection Laws
Mexico has not yet explicitly included biometric data as a special category of personal data (or sensitive data),...
Sweden: The EU implements the Travel Rule for transfers of crypto-assets
The so-called “Travel Rule” will soon be extended to cover transfers of crypto-assets following the approval of the...
Norway: The Norwegian DPA bans the government’s collection of supermarket data...
Statistics Norway (SSB) is a Norwegian government agency that is responsible for development of official statistics...
Smile, you're being recorded!
Following the American and European trend, Portugal is now one of the countries that has determined the use of...
As the last EU state, Slovenia passed Personal Data Protection Act
As of 2023 data privacy in Slovenia will be governed by the newly passed Personal Data Protection Act (ZVOP-2),...
What steps should employers take when publishing the labor act on the notice...
According to the Labor Law of the Republic of Serbia, if an employee refuses to accept at the premises of the...
New Cookie Regulations in Japan – Amendment of Telecommunications Business Act
The Telecommunications Business Act (“TBA”) is a law administered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and...
Authority is planning to overhaul the decade old data protection regime in Hong...
The Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has release signs of revamping the data protection regime in...
Brazilian DPA can start to apply fines now
After two years of the law in force, and a countless actions to ensure compliance with the data protection...
The Data Protection Commission’s 2022 Annual Report
On 7 March 2023, the Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) released its 2022 Annual Report. We have summarized the key...
2022 was a busy year for all privacy practitioners. This active spirit did not...
Among the privacy changes some interesting Legislative amendments were proposed to the Israeli Privacy Protection...
Transparency in the sights of the Luxembourg data protection Authority
As in the past, the Luxembourg data protection Authority (the “CNPD”) launched in 2020 a thematic investigation on...
I Meta Tracking Tools Illegal – Austrian Data Protection Authority Holds That...
The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) decided (6th of March 2023, D155.028, 2022-0.726.643) that the use of...
Facebook is in trouble again …
… And this time it’s not Max Schrems who’s behind it.
On March 15, 2023, the Amsterdam District Court ruled that...
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Understanding the Importance of Data Protection Compliance Management in Processing Chains: Key Takeaways from the...
The privacy risks of the “virtual friend”: the Italian DPA clamps down Replika
The Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante Privacy”) has ordered the limitation of the data processing...
The ‘Chat GPT Effect’ – Parsing Privacy and AI Regulation in India
The increasingly common use of AI in our daily lives raises multiple concerns, particularly around data privacy and...
2022 and 2023 in Baltic Data Protection
At the end of January, we celebrated Data Protection Day. To mark that annual occasion, TGS Baltic’s Data...
Non-material Damage for Data Protection Breaches before the Irish and EU Courts...
Data protection claims are in the dock. The Irish Circuit Court has temporarily halted proceedings for non-material...