All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 26
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NewsEU finance ministers call for GDPR clarity as they back greater info-sharing to tackle money laundering
EU finance ministers are calling for clarity on data protection rules as they seek to harmonise anti money laundering regulations across Europe.
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NewsSingapore updates 2012 Personal Data Protection Act
Singapore passed amendments to its Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) on Tuesday, in the first comprehensive review of the Act since its 2012 enactment.
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NewsNew privacy rights considered by Australian Attorney General in wide-ranging review
Australian citizens would be able to take legal action directly against organisations breaching privacy laws, under a potential change being looked at as part of a long-awaited review of privacy legislation.
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FeatureWhy we need an automated, privacy-first approach to subject access requests
Privacy concerns and inefficiencies can arise from manual data redaction and reliance on physical storage mediums. But DPOs can take a digital approach to evidence management, giving better visibility and control, says JP Deby
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WebinarCrafting a solution to Schrems II: Is a permanent fix possible?
On July 16, the EU’s highest court once again delivered a bombshell data protection ruling by annulling the EU-US Privacy Shield.
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ArticleICO clarifies GDPR Subject Access Request time limit pause in updated guidance
The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK has updated its guidance on the right to access, including clarifying the circumstances in which the one-month time limit clock can be paused.
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ArticleICO probes complaints following allegations Wagamama used Covid-19 track and trace data to survey customers
Wagamama customers in the UK have allegedly been sent a survey after sharing contact details for Covid-19 contact tracing, The Times reports.
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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?”
