We first published this alert in March 2020 and we have updated it to reflect more recent developments It’s pretty shameful that in the current crisis we’re seeing ransomware on the rise. It’s even more shameful that organisations involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic seem to be especially at risk. In 2019 ransomware targeted healthcare more Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 73 – the Insurrection Edition
Jonathan Armstrong joins leading compliance experts in the US again in the latest Everything Compliance podcast hosted by the Compliance Evangelist Tom Fox. In this episode of Everything Compliance, Tom Fox, Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, and Jonathan Marks come together to review the events of January 6 from a variety of angles including; the Business Response, Read more »
Client Alert – Brexit Temporary Data Deal
We first published this alert on 4 January 2021 and we’ve updated it since with some additional considerations. Introduction In the final days of 2020, the UK and the EU hastily agreed a temporary deal to preserve the 2020 position on data transfers in the short term. The deal is part of a wider UK-EU Read more »
Client Alert: COVID-19 and Corruption FAQs
Introduction We first published this note on 12 May 2020 and have updated it to take into account more recent developments. The current pandemic affects all aspects of the compliance world. In previous alerts we have looked at the effects of the pandemic on data protection (see http://bit.ly/gdprvirus) and modern slavery (https://bit.ly/corderyms19). But what are Read more »
Client Alert: German CCTV fine of €10.4 million for notebooksbilliger
Date: 8 January 2021 Introduction In the first big GDPR fine of 2021 today The State Commissioner for Data Protection for Lower Saxony (LfD) imposed a fine of €10.4 million on notebooksbilliger.de AG, a vendor of laptops and computer equipment. The company had used video surveillance for around 2 years to monitor its employees. The Read more »
Client Alert: NIS II Directive – Eight New Industry Sectors Now In Scope
Introduction On 16 December 2020 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a revised Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (“NIS II Directive”). This aims to fix shortfalls in the current NIS Directive and to make it fit for purpose and future-proof. The main draft changes include: Bringing eight additional industries within the Read more »
Life With GDPR: Episode 51 – Reduction to GDPR Fines by EU Courts
In this episode Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox are back to discuss issues relating to data privacy, data protection and GDPR. They consider EU courts reducing fines and penalties assessed by data protection regulators. This reminds us that, as we said before, data protection authorities are likely to face challenges to high fines in the Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 71 – the the Year End Review Edition
Jonathan Armstrong joins leading compliance experts in the US again in the latest Everything Compliance podcast hosted by the Compliance Evangelist Tom Fox. In this episode of Everything Compliance, Matt Kelly, Jay Rosen, Jonathan Armstrong, Mike Volkov and Jonathan Marks come together to highlight what they saw as key issues and questions from 2020 and Read more »
Client Alert: Irish DPC Fines Twitter €450k
We first published this note on 15 December 2020 and we have updated it to reflect Twitter’s reaction Introduction On 15 December 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that it had concluded its investigation under GDPR into Twitter. The investigation started in January 2019 following a data breach notification from Twitter. The DPC Read more »
Client Alert: French DP Regulator CNIL, reveals decisions of Cookies Investigation
Introduction The French DP Regulator, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) announced a brace of decisions as a result of Cookies Investigations. In total, they levied fines of €135m against Google and Amazon. What was the case against Google about? CNIL said that they started an investigation into Google’s French website on 16 Read more »
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