The reorganization of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO), which took place in December 2019, warrants an assumption that 2020 will see increased activity from the supervisory authority. The UODO’s creation of three new departments indicates that the officers intend to specialize further to boost the efficiency of personal data protection inspections, in particular data … Continue Reading
On September 9, the Polish Data Protection Supervisory Authority (UODO) issued its response to the letter of the President of the Polish Bank Association, wherein it clearly stated that the provision of the banking law (i.e. article 112b of the act) does not entitle banks to make copies of personal ID cards of their … Continue Reading
Updated Black List of Processing Operations Requiring DPIA On July 8, 2019 the updated list of operations requiring a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) was published in the official gazette of the Republic of Poland. The “black list” was updated by the Polish data protection authority, after the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) raised its … 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
