The GDPR entered into force on May 25, 2018. One of the GDPR’s core going-forward obligations is the duty to conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) over processing activities that create a “high risk” to individuals’ privacy. DPIAs … [Read more] about On GDPR Day, Austrian DPA issues First Binding DPIA Whitelist
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently reaffirmed its prior conclusion that there is no duty to safeguard personal information under Georgia law. In McConnell v. Ga. Dep’t of Labor, --- S.E.2d ----, 2018 WL 2173252 (Ga. App. May 11, 2018), the Court … [Read more] about Georgia Court of Appeals Reaffirms Lack of Duty to Safeguard Personal Information
Today Alston & Bird’s Peter Swire and DeBrae Kennedy-Mayo, with support from Senzing, Inc., are publishing a White Paper titled The Importance of Accurate Retrieval of Data Subjects’ Personal Data in Complying with GDPR Individual Rights … [Read more] about Alston & Bird Issues Data Protection Paper on Accurate Retrieval of Personal Data under the GDPR
Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Team has been named to the first-annual Above The Law (ATL) Top Law Firm Privacy Practice Index. Firms named to the Index were rated by nearly 300 in-house counsel on the “strength and quality” of their … [Read more] about Alston & Bird Named to ATL Top Law Firm Privacy Practice Index
On February 28, 2018, the Belgian Privacy Commission issued a recommendation on the position it takes with regard to data protection impact assessments (or “DPIAs”) as foreseen in the GDPR. A DPIA under the GDPR is similar in scope and impact to its … [Read more] about Belgian Privacy Commission Issues DPIA “Black” and “White List” Recommendation