The final countdown has started, there are a few days left before GDPR takes effect on Friday 25 May 2018. What are you doing about compliance? If you need assistance, in the EU or outside the EU, for your GDPR compliance program do not hesitate to contact a member of our global Data Protection … Continue Reading
In Part 1 of an upcoming series of posts on our sister Anticorruption Blog, DC-based associate Ericka Johnson explores the recently proposed CLOUD Act and the increasing gap between technology and the law. Of special interest to our readers, The CLOUD Act updates standards for when governments may be able to obtain information stored outside … Continue Reading
What is CCTV? CCTV means closed-circuit television, also known as video surveillance. Video surveillance systems monitors the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually, of people from a distance by means of electronic equipment. Video surveillance can include anything from closed circuit television or automatic number-plate recognition systems, to any other system for recording, storing, … Continue Reading
Happy New Year! With 2018 off to a rapid start, companies now have fewer than five months to become GDPR-compliant. Although the basic principles and obligations enshrined in the GDPR are not new, the GDPR contains a complex, interlinked series of requirements whose practical application to real world situations is often very unclear. The Article … Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 11 December 2017.… Continue Reading
On 12 December 2017, Article 29 Working Party (WP29) published its draft guidelines on transparency under the GDPR. As with the draft guidance on consent, published on the same day, WP29 invites comments to be submitted by 23 January 2018.… Continue Reading
On 12 December 2017, Article 29 Working Party (WP29) published its long-awaited draft guidelines on consent under the GDPR. The guidelines build on WP29’s ‘Opinion on the definition of consent’, adopted in July 2011. As with the draft guidance on transparency, published the same day, WP29 invites comments to be submitted by 23 January 2018. … Continue Reading
Nearly a year ago, on 10 January 2017, the EU Commission released the proposed ePrivacy Regulation (ePR). The three main areas covered by the legislation are the use of electronic communications data by telecommunications operators and other specified entities, the use of tracking applications, and unsolicited direct marketing communications. The ePR aims to ensure a … Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 27 November 2017.… Continue Reading
To allow Data Protection Officers (“DPOs”) to interact with one another and share best practices, the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) has published a list of DPOs currently appointed by EU agencies. This list identified notably the DPOs for the EDPS as well as the European Court of Justice. The publication of this information not … Continue Reading
The French National Agency for Safety of Medicines and Health Products (Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or ANSM) has announced on its website in October 2017 the creation of a “temporary specialized scientific committee” (comité scientifique spécialisé temporaire CSST) on the cybersecurity of medical device software.… Continue Reading
On the 22 November, the CNIL released on its website an open source ready to use software tool for DPIAs, which can be downloaded for free. The explanations on the website are currently only in French, but the CNIL’s intention is to have an English explanations as well.… Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 6 November 2017.… Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 30 October 2017.… Continue Reading
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) increases organizations’ obligations to a new level and also adopts, for the first time, specific breach notification guidelines. Cybersecurity readiness and effective responses are no longer the exclusive domain of IT departments -these are now board-level concerns. Regardless of industry sector, size or commercial focus, companies not only … Continue Reading
The G29 is continuing its work to clarify GDPR with a view to its implementation in May 2018. The subject of personal data breach notification is not entirely new, as the reporting obligation, which will soon apply to all, already exists for communication service providers. However, these guidelines reiterate or provide more detailed information about … Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 16 October 2017.… Continue Reading
The Article 29 Working Party, the group of EU data protection authorities charged with agreeing European-wide guidance on GDPR, has published Guidelines on the Automated Individual Decision-Making and Profiling “WP251”. While the introduction of the concept of “profiling” in the GDPR is relatively new, it is not the case for automated individual decision-making, which is … Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 9 October 2017.… Continue Reading
On 18 October 2017, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its first annual report on the functioning of the US-EU Privacy Shield (“the Report”), the successor to the Safe Harbor framework after its invalidation in Schrems. The Report will be widely welcomed by businesses on both sides of the Atlantic as the Commission continues to back … Continue Reading
The Article 29 Working Party has adopted Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), following its consultation on a draft version published in April 2017. The final version provides additional guidance in a number of areas without materially changing the position. Further guidance is provided on the trigger for mandatory DPIAs – whether the processing … Continue Reading
While the GDPR compliance clock is ticking for companies, EU Member States have also been preparing for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which will become enforceable on May 25, 2018. The GDPR will be directly applicable in all EU Member States without the need for implementing national laws. However, apart from … Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 18 September 2017.… Continue Reading
Over the past two years, we have been assisting clients from all sectors to prepare for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which will become enforceable on May 25, 2018. Whilst many companies are racing full throttle to be fully compliant by May 2018, others are just about to start the process or are … Continue Reading
