On November 18, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) released draft guidelines on the interplay between Article 3 GDPR – which sets out the GDPR’s territorial scope – and the provisions in Chapter V of the GDPR, which impose restrictions on international data transfers. In this draft guidance, the EDPB clarifies which (cumulative) criteria must […]
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Belgian Supreme Court rules that Data Protection Authority may impose administrative fines even where a data subject’s personal data were not processed
The Belgian Supreme Court ruled in a judgment of Oct. 7, 2021 that a data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority against a processing practice that violates the GDPR (in this case, the data minimization principle in Article 6 of the GDPR), even where the data subject’s personal […]
China’s First Comprehensive Personal Information Protection Law – Key Takeaways
On August 20, 2021, China’s first comprehensive Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) was passed into law. The Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the PIPL of China are the three pillars of China’s data protection framework, which govern cybersecurity, data security, and personal information protection respectively. The Cybersecurity Law largely governs cybersecurity requirements for […]
UK Unveils Post-Brexit Data Plans with an Emphasis on International Transfers of Personal Data
Today, the UK Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) has made a series of announcements shedding light on the UK’s post-Brexit data strategy. The announcements – which emphasize the importance of international transfers of personal data to global trade – include as follows: A Press Release, providing an overview of the UK government’s […]
EDPB reports on EU Data Protection Authorities’ resources and enforcement actions
Earlier this month, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a report on the resources that the EU Member States make available to their Data Protection Authorities (DPA) and on the enforcement actions initiated by those DPAs. Resources made available by the EU Member States to the DPAs The EDPB report releases statistics on both […]