On August 15, 2019, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office announced that it had launched an investigation into the use of live facial recognition technology at the King’s Cross development in London.
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CIPL Issues White Paper on New Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers under the GDPR
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On August 7, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP issued a white paper on “Key Issues Relating to Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers and the Way Forward for New Standard Contractual Clauses under the GDPR.” The White Paper was submitted to the European Commission as part of its ongoing work to update EU Standard Contractual Clauses for international transfers.…
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CJEU Ruling on Websites Using Facebook ‘Like’ Buttons
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On July 29, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union released its judgment in case C-40/17, Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG vs. Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV, ruling that Fashion ID should be considered a joint controller with Facebook regarding the collection and disclosure of personal data to Facebook as a result of embedding the Facebook ‘Like’ button on its website.…
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ICO Announces First Data Protection Sandbox Participants
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On July 29, 2019, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office announced the selection of 10 projects (out of 64 applicants) to participate in its sandbox, which is designed to support organizations in developing innovative products and services with a clear public benefit.…
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EDPB Adopts Guidelines on Data Processing Through Video Devices
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The European Data Protection Board recently adopted its Guidelines 3/2019 on processing of personal data through video devices. Although the Guidelines provide examples of data processing for video surveillance, these examples are not exhaustive.…
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EDPB Releases 2018 Annual Report
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On July 16, 2019, the European Data Protection Board published its first Annual Report for 2018, and this blog entry provides highlights from the report.…
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CNIL Publishes New Guidelines on Cookies and Similar Technologies
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On July 18, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority published new guidelines on cookies and similar technologies. This blog entry provides highlights on the guidelines.…
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Dutch DPA Announces Fine on Hospital for Lack of Appropriate Security Measures
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On July 16, 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority announced that it had imposed a fine of €460,000 on a Dutch hospital for insufficient security measures under Article 32 of the GDPR.…
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ICO Publishes First Annual Report Since GDPR’s Implementation
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office released its first Annual Report published since the GDPR took effect. This blog entry provides a summary of the Annual Report. …
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CIPL Publishes Q&A on Organizational Accountability in Data Protection
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP recently published a Q&A document on organizational accountability in data protection.…
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