All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 26
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WebinarThe Schrems II Decision: What it Means for Privacy Programs
On 16 July, the Court of Justice of the European Union released its much-anticipated decision in the Schrems II case, invalidating the US-EU Privacy Shield and providing clarity around Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).
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ArticleBharti Airtel blames controversial privacy policy wording on a ‘clerical error’
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel says a clerical error led to a discrepancy in its privacy policy, which stated the company shared personal information including genetic data with third parties.
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NewsFacebook’s lead European regulator investigates Instagram’s processing of children’s data
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched two statutory inquiries into the processing of children’s data on Facebook-owned social media platform, Instagram.
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NewsBritish Airways fined £20m over data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details of more than 400,000 of its customers.
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NewsPWC Middle East launches DIFC-backed data protection compliance tool
PwC Middle East has launched a data privacy assessment tool to help companies in Dubai comply with new data protection legislation.
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FeatureBrazil’s new data protection regime
As the LGPD finally came into effect last month, PrivSec Report explores the new law and the impact it could have on the Brazilian data protection ecosystem and culture.
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NewsThe UK’s Department for Education ‘failed to protect children’s data’, ICO finds
A National Pupil Database held by the UK’s Department of Education had ‘no formal proactive oversight’ to protect children’s data, the Information Commissioner’s Office has found.
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NewsEuropean privacy laws to blame for continued self-harm content, says Instagram
Content that breaks Instagram’s own rules on promoting and glamourising eating disorders and self-injury can still be found on the platform, an investigation has revealed.
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WebinarNavigating Global Privacy Laws Along the IT Asset Lifecycle
As if cyberthreats weren’t enough, consumer privacy laws have put increased pressure on IT leaders to keep personal or sensitive data from being breached. This includes mandates to immediately and thoroughly respond to data deletion requests, data retention expirations, and other cases of no-longer-needed data across your entire data ...
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WebinarSafely Unleash the Value of Sensitive Data in the Cloud
Organizations are leveraging the Cloud to maximise the value of data, consolidating it in data lakes and committing to analytics and machine learning initiatives to convert it into actionable insights. As analysts and data scientists have started working with these tools it has become clear that to provide accurate ...
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Q&ADIFC’s data protection landscape: aligning global measures
As the region approaches the end of the DIFC Data Protection Law transition period, PrivSec spoke with Mohammad Khalaf, Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer at Arab Bank in Jordan to discuss the significance of the new law.
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WebinarThe Legal GRC Landscape Today, and Tomorrow
According to Exterro’s recent 2020 Corporate Legal Leaders Survey, 7-in-10 Legal Departments are managing their data related problems by sharing technology to manage litigation, data privacy, compliance, and cybersecurity – all of which represent a new encompassing business landscape of Legal GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance).
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ebookMid-Year CCPA Trends Report 2020
Now that the July 1st enforcement date for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has come and gone, the question on every business’s mind is, “How many Data Subject Requests (DSRs) should I expect to receive?”
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NewsYoutube faces £2bn UK court battle over alleged children’s privacy breach
YouTube is facing a legal battle over claims it is breaching millions of young people’s privacy and data rights.
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ArticleHuman error reveals personal data of 18,000 Welsh Covid-19 sufferers
Public Health Wales yesterday announced a data breach involving the personally identifiable data of 18,105 people resident in Wales who had received a positive test for Covid-19.
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ArticleFacebook launches legal action against IDPC over proposed halt to EU-US data transfers
Facebook has begun legal action against the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC).
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WebinarData Privacy by Design for the Insurance Sector
Insurance is a heavily regulated sector that deals with large amounts of sensitive customer information as a core component of the business.
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WebinarCoping with Turbulence: Managing Cross-Border Data Transfers
There’s now more pressure than ever for managing data flows across jurisdictions, governing third party data sharing and enforcing data residency requirements.
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WebinarSuccessfully Managing Data Processors to Comply with GDPR
There are several considerations that need addressing beforeyou decide which data processors offer the most appropriate services for yourorganisation’s needs.
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NewsBrazilian Senate throws out delay to new data protection law
In a surprise move, the Brazilian Senate on Wednesday rolled back a planned Presidential postponement of Brazil’s new data protection law, originally scheduled to become effective on August 14 2020, but which had been delayed until May 2021, law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth reports in The National Law Review.
