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21.12.2017

Public hospitals in Norway threatened with fines of NOK 7.2 million (EUR 720,000) following outsourcing project

Public hospitals in Norway are organized in a structure where they are owned by four different regional legal entities. The regional entities are responsible for public procurement of goods and services, including IT services, for use by the hospitals within their ...Mehr lesen
21.12.2017

How to choose a DPO? Practical insights

The data protection officer (DPO) is a key function/office/position under the GDPR responsible for compliance with data protection rules, mandatory for some entities, voluntary for the rest, having attached a strict set of rights, duties and liability prescribed by the ...Mehr lesen
20.12.2017

GDPR in the Czech environment

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is going to govern the personal data protection matters across Europe since May 2018. Even though the regulation sets the same rules for all member countries, it allows each state to adopt its own rules in specified areas. In the ...Mehr lesen
18.12.2017

20Q&A – The latest CPC project

The 20Q&A project is intended to give the reader a quick overview and short summary of the most urgent questions regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is intended to raise awareness especially of the changes and partly of what needs to be done ...Mehr lesen
15.12.2017

The Data Protection Bill, Brexit and Data Transfers

The Data Protection Bill (Bill) will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 and will implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into the law of England and Wales. The Bill is currently undergoing legislative review in the House of Lords (the upper house of the ...Mehr lesen
13.12.2017

Monegasque DPA vs GDPR: Can you spot the difference?

It would be wrong to infer from the fact that the Principality of Monaco is a non-EU State, that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will not affect Monegasque companies. ...Mehr lesen
12.12.2017

Time to say "Good Bye" to the EU-US Privacy Shield?

The WP29 Issues an Ultimatum to Improve the Privacy Shield. ...Mehr lesen
12.12.2017

Ireland: DP Bill to Implement GDPR and Overhaul Data Protection Commission

A new Data Protection Bill will soon issue which will implement elements of the GDPR into Irish law and overhaul the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, the Irish supervisory authority. A General Scheme of Data Protection Bill was published earlier this ...Mehr lesen
08.12.2017

Proposed Regulation on the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data in the EU

Data is a resource for digital business and we can expect more and more rules regulating this vital resource. In addition to the GDPR and the proposed ePrivacy regulation, the European Commission has proposed another regulation (COM(2017)495) within the regulatory ...Mehr lesen
07.12.2017

How will national DPAs impose fines for GDPR violations?

The GDPR introduced an antitrust-type sanction regime with fines which, for severe infringements, may amount up to 20 million euros or 4% of the annual turnover, whichever is greater. The Working Party of Article 29 recently issued its much expected draft Guidelines for ...Mehr lesen
06.12.2017

Die neue Datenschutzgrundverordnung der EU hat einen sehr grossen Einfluss auf Schweizer Cloud-Anbieter

Die Cloud ist das Instrument, um die Unternehmensprozesse zu digitalisieren. Der Fachverband EuroCloud Swiss will als herstellerunabhängiger Hub die Entwicklung im Cloud-Business vorantreiben. Präsident Martin Andenmatten erklärt, wie. ...Mehr lesen