All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 16
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WebinarEmployee DSARs: The Coming Deluge
Up until now, organizations have assumed that all data subject requests were the same.
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NewsPrivacy watchdog issues warning after photos of jailed Zuma appear on social media
The Information Regulator in South Africa says it notes with concern photographs of former President Jacob Zuma taken in jail have been distributed through social media.
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NewsData protection and privacy laws guide issued for Africa’s lawyers
The African regional forum of the International Bar Association (IBA) has published a comprehensive guide on data protection and privacy laws for legal practitioners on the continent.
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OpinionCould ‘Schrems III’ Lead to a Paid Version of Facebook?
The Austrian Supreme Court has referred a case against Facebook to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The case has been dubbed “Schrems III,” as it’s the third CJEU reference involving Facebook and campaigner Max Schrems.
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NewsData protection vital for US competitiveness, says security chief
Data security and privacy are at the heart of the United States’ competitiveness, according to national security advisor Jake Sullivan.
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ResearchCharting the UK Data Protection Profession: June 2021 Report
Data Protection World Forum and The DPO Centre are delighted to bring you the fourth Index survey report from the ground-breaking UK Data Protection Index.
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NewsPutin signs law forcing Twitter, Facebook to open offices in Russia
In the latest move to exert greater control over Big Tech, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new piece of legislation that requires foreign social media giants to open offices in Russia.
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NewsWolfsen to continue as Dutch DPA chairman
The Dutch government has re-appointed Aleid Wolfsen as head of the country’s Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens – AP) for five years beginning 1 August.
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VideoThird Party Risk Management: Regulatory Developments and the Impact on Vendor Risk Management (VRM)
Covid-19 has led to Enterprise organizations increasing their focus on Third Party Risk Management. But global regulatory developments have also had an effect upon companies challenges to do enough due-diligence to identify vendor risks.
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VideoWhy Do Cars Need Brakes? Questioning the Need for Regulation
A car needs brakes to enable it to go faster! The same analogy can be applied to the need for regulation, for as technology grows, gains speed, and pushes envelopes, regulation acts as the brakes enabling this exciting expansion.
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VideoAPAC Privacy Focus: Hong Kong and their Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance; amendments and the focus from China
As the PCPD website states, “The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “PDPO”) was passed in 1995 and took effect from December 1996 (except certain provisions). It is one of Asia’s longest standing comprehensive data protection laws.”
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VideoAPAC Privacy Focus: Customer’s Engagement with Data Protection & Privacy, and How to Navigate Regional Regulations
This session will explore some of these regulations, recent fines and the future.
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VideoAPAC Privacy Focus: China - their own internal regulations, what’s coming, and how do they relate to China’s neighboring countries
A panel of experts will discuss this draft law, how will this relate to China’s neighbours and what the future may herald for Chinese Data Protection and Privacy.
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VideoMiddle East and North Africa Focus: Data Protection and Privacy Regulations Across the Region
Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), data protection legislation is still in its infancy, but where data protection laws do exist, enforcement is problematic.
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VideoRegulatory Developments: POPIA and the Transition from Non-Regulation
A landmark employee survey, developed by Privacy Culture, seeks to understand employee attitudes, knowledge and behaviour towards data privacy and protection.
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VideoAmericas Focus: LGPD: Compliance, Enforcement and the Impact on South American Privacy Laws
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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VideoAmericas Focus: USA and the Developing Nature of Privacy Law
The patchwork nature of privacy law in the United States is getting ever more confusing, as different states pass their own pieces of legislation.
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VideoAmericas Focus: Caribbean Data Protection & Privacy Regulations
The Caribbean has seen critical issues in regard to its data privacy regulations and has been slow in adopting comprehensive laws that provide formal legal structures for data transfers and protection.
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VideoVaccine Passes: The Tech, The Law and the Importance of Data Protection and Privacy
The debate will explore the tech and the importance of these passes to our World in this new normal, the law around these to inform our communities and dispel myths, and thought-provoking input from the travel industry about how this technology can help the World to travel again.
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VideoSchrems II and International Data Transfers: The Journey to a new Privacy Shield and Who Is Leading the Way
Companies are still feeling the impact of the European Court of Justice decision last July that torpedoed the Privacy Shield, raising huge question marks about the future of international data transfers between the EU and US.
