On March 25, 2020, the European Data Protection Supervisor sent a letter to the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology addressing the various initiatives involving telecommunications providers at the Member State level to monitor the spread of COVID-19 outbreak using location data.
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Dutch DPA Publishes Recommendations Regarding COVID-19 and Privacy in the Workplace
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The Dutch Data Protection Authority recently published materials regarding the COVID-19 crisis, including recommendations and FAQs for employers, and recommendations for employees that emphasize that privacy must not be overlooked and the crisis should not become a prelude to a “Big Brother” society. …
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New EDPB Statement on Data Protection During the COVID-19 Outbreak
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On March 19, 2020, the European Data Protection Board published a new statement regarding processing personal data in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.…
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Belgian DPA Publishes Statement Regarding COVID-19 and Workplace-Related Processing of Personal Data
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On March 13, 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority released a statement regarding workplace-related processing of personal data in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.…
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CNIL Recalls Data Protection Rules in the Context of the COVID-19 Outbreak
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The French Data Protection Authority recently issued guidance for employers relating to the processing of employee and visitor personal data in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.…
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The Global Privacy Assembly Approves Data Sharing to Fight Coronavirus Pandemic
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On March 17, 2020, the Executive Committee of the Global Privacy Assembly issued a statement giving their support to the sharing of personal data by organizations and governments for the purposes of fighting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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EU Council’s Draft Position on the Application of the GDPR
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On December 19, 2019, the members of the Permanent Representations of EU Member States to the Council of the European Union published a draft position on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation. …
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CNIL Publishes Standard on Whistleblowing Hotlines
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On December 10, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority published the final version of its standard concerning the processing of personal data in the context of whistleblowing hotlines.…
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CJEU Rules “Right to be Forgotten” on Google Limited to the EU in Landmark Case
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On September 24, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union released its judgments in cases C-507/17, Google v. CNIL and C-136/17, G.C. and Others v. CNIL regarding (1) the territorial scope of the right to be forgotten, and (2) the conditions in which individuals may exercise the right to be forgotten in relation to links to web pages containing sensitive data.…
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CIPL Submits Comments to the EDPB’s Draft Guidelines on Data Processing Through Video Devices
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On September 6, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP submitted formal comments to the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) on its draft guidelines on processing of personal data through video devices (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines were adopted on July 10, 2019, for public consultation.
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