Using data from mobile phone apps in the combat of COVID-19 in Norway
The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to combat the spread of the virus are having a severe impact in a number of...
Covid-19 and personal data protection in turkey – Frequently asked questions
This article answers many freuqently asked questions concerning data protection in turkey during times of Covid-19.
Protection of personal data of employees (and other persons) during the state of...
One of the possible solutions for processing personal data based on a legitimate interest of companies.
Italian data protection authority against the unlawful data processing through...
The Italian Data protection Authority (Italian DPA) issued two fines against Tim and Eni Gas e Luce, for a total...
EDPB Issues Guidance on GDPR Compliance in the Age of COVID-19
After many data protection authorities (in the European Union and beyond) provided guidance and FAQ's on the...
The re-use of public sector information
The re-use of Public Sector information has to be built on a balanced approach where the public interests of such...
GDPR through the prism of coronavirus epidemic
The difficulty of drawing a hard-and-fast line between the right to privacy and the rights of other people to stay...
Fine for a lack of legal basis of scoring sick leaves of employees
An administrative Fine of 82,000 EURO was imposed by the Cyprus Data Protection Authority concerning the lack of...
Fine for Dutch tennis association for unlawfully selling personal data
The Dutch DPA imposed a fine of 525,000 euros for the unlawful sale of personal data by the Dutch national tennis...
Recent decisions of the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA)
This article presents interesting decisions on Austrian data protection law, which deal in particular with the...
Five tips on preparing for ‘whistleblowing’ rules
In order to guarantee protection of people who report breaches, I.E. Whistleblowers, employers will soon be obliged...
Enforcement of GDPR Infringements by Third Parties – First Decision of the...
While the GDPR deals extensively with the rights and claims of data subjects, it mainly leaves the provisions for...
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...
GDPR news from Croatia at the beginning of 2020
The topic discussed here is the difference between personal data protection before the GDPR entered into effect and...
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,...
Vision Statement of the FIC2020 Advisory Board
As a member of the Advisory Board of the International Forum of Cybersecurity in France I would like to draw your...
Humans are (still) at the core of the digital world
Humans are still at the core of our digital world: as citizens, consumers, developers, victims or criminals. We are...
In cyberspace, our best option is to trust but verify
Are we still in control of our sovereignty, independence and data? There must come a point where we place our trust...
We need you – we need each other!
The future of cybersecurity belongs to initiatives that enable and empower people to protect themselves from...
FIC2020 board member statement
A short conference statement about the FIC2020 by Dr. Tobias Höllwarth, member of the FIC Adivsory board.