All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 15
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Connected devices most commonly reported by women who experience domestic abuse in UK
Digital security and privacy firm, Avast has teamed up with national domestic abuse charity, Refuge, to outline the top ten connected devices that are most commonly reported by victims of domestic abuse as being used against them.
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U.S. becomes crypto mining leader after miners leave China
The price of Bitcoin climbed above the USD 60,000 mark on Friday as investors and traders anticipate that the U.S. regulators will clear the first Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund.
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Irish DPC welcomes increased funding of €4.1 million
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed the additional funding of €4.1 million for the office, announced by the Government in Budget 2022.
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Footballers seek legal action over GDPR violation
Hundreds of footballers have threatened to take legal action against 17 firms for the trading of their performance data.
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How is your Organization prepared for Data Retention requirements in the New & upcoming Privacy Laws
Consumers around the world are demanding more protection for their personal information. Data breaches are daily occurrences, and the scope of privacy has widened to include how your organization limits the risk of improper use or exposure of personal data.
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EU could ban anonymous registration of domain data
In a bid to boost security and anti-privacy efforts, the EU is planning to ban anonymous registration of domain data.
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Ireland’s DPC proposes €36m GDPR fine against Facebook
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DFC) has sent a “draft decision” to other European Data Protection Authorities regarding Facebook’s legal trick to bypass the GDPR.
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What The UK Adequacy Decision Means
On June 28, 2021, the European Commission adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK.
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments, LGPD; Has Brazil’s Data Protection Law Done Enough to Date - What Does the Future Hold?
Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) is Brazil’s federal data privacy law that went into effect on September 18, 2020, with enforcement starting on August 1, 2021.
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments, Canada; Reforms, regional developments, and new regulations: How Canada is developing their Data Protection Laws
A huge number of firms in Canada are preparing themselves for changes to the Data Protection and Privacy Laws in Canada, but are these reforms going to happen?
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Digital Advertising: “Walled garden” approaches and implications on competition law
With Google’s announcement that it will phase out third-party cookies by 2022, it’s clear that those walls, which keep so much of the data inside, are about to get even higher.
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International Data Flows: EU and UK data flows: The Future of the Post-Brexit Agreement
As detailed by The Law Society in the UK, “The outward flow of data from the UK to the EU/EEA remains unaffected since the UK government has determined that it considers all EU 27 and EEA member states to be adequate for the purposes of data protection.”
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments: POPIA; The First Three Months
South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) came into enforcement from 1st July 2021.
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments: How Ready is China and the World for their new Data Security Law?
China’s Data Security Law contains provisions that cover the usage, collection, and protection of data in the PRC.
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Covid-19 Vaccine Take Up, Tracking and Passes: What Does the New Normal Truly Look like?
The implementation of the Covid-19 global vaccine campaign was never going to be simple and straight-forward. What of those who cannot have the vaccine or refuse?
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International Data Flows: The Future Under the New SCCs
In June, the European Commission finalised the modern SCCs in a bid to restore normal EU-US data transfer agreements. This panel will discuss the first few months since the adoption and what the initial viewpoints are.
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments USA: Will Next Year see a Federal Privacy Law Under the Biden Administration?
Many more states within the US are leading the legislative charge to follow California, Colorado and Virginia to pass Privacy Acts into law.
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments: A Global Overview of the Data Protection and Privacy Law Sector
This panel will bring together experts on global data protection and privacy law developments to discuss the international outlook, exploring what changes are to be expected, which countries will be next to bring through laws and which won’t.
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A Fireside Chat with Ioannis Kouvakas, Legal Officer, Privacy International
Ioannis oversees PI’s legal coordination and leads our work against system exploitation, government hacking and corporate social media intelligence.
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments: What Lessons Have Enterprise Organisations Learned from the First Three Years of The GDPR
GDPR fines have been increasing over the last 18 months, and it is proving to be a complex environment for the regulators and the regulated.