German Federal Court of Justice addresses a preliminary ruling request to CJEU regarding GDPR breaches proceedings
On 26 October 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union announced receiving a preliminary rul…
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UK and Japan officially sign free trade agreement including digital and data benefits
On 23 October 2020, the British Embassy Tokyo announced the UK has officially signed the UK-Japan Co…
EDPB adopts the final version of the Guidelines on Data Protection by Design & Default
On 21 October 2020, the EDPB announced the outcome of its 40th plenary session, including the adopti…
ICO UK adopts new detailed SARs guidance
On 21 October 2020, the UK's DPA ("ICO UK") adopted detailed guidance on the right of access, which …
Romanian DPA applies new fine for failure to respond to its requests
On 20 October 2020, the Romanian DPA announced a fine of EUR 2,000 was imposed against a data contro…
EU Parliament publishes informative paper on AI EU Framework
On 14 October 2020, the European Parliament issued an informative paper on the EU Framework for arti…
EDPB Guidelines on the concept of relevant and reasoned objection are now available
On 13 October 2020, the EDPB published on its website the document adopted during its 39th plenary s…
EBA proposes the revision of the Guidelines on major incident reporting under PDS2
On 14 October 2020, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") published a consultation paper on the rev…
A new fine imposed by Romanian DPA for failure to ensure security of data
On 15 October 2020, the Romanian DPA announced a fine of EUR 3,000 was imposed on a data controller …
CNIL publishes best practices in handling union membership files
On 13 October 2020, the French DPA ("CNIL") published best practices the trade union organizations s…
