On 2 March 2021, the CNIL announced its control programme for the year 2021. In addition to the inspections that the CNIL carries out following complaints or in connection with the news, the CNIL will focus its inspection activities on
The EDPB Releases Draft Practical Guidelines on Personal Data Breach Notification
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has recently released new draft guidelines on personal data breach notification.
These new guidelines complement the previous and more general guidelines on the same subject that were issued by the EDPB, then the article 29 Working Party, in October 2017 (see here for more details)
Although quite comprehensive, the previous guidelines lacked practical details in certain regards as they were drafted at a time where the authorities and organisations did not have much experience of personal data breach notification. More than two years later, the EDPB has decided to provide guidelines made up of practical examples taken from their experiences.
E-Privacy: The EU Council agrees on a draft regulation
On February 10, 2021, member states agreed on a negotiating mandate for revised rules on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use of electronic communications services (e-privacy regulation). These updated ‘ePrivacy’ regulation will specify when service providers are
Brexit: The GDPR Applies Until July 2021 Except For The One-Stop-Shop Mechanism
As part of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement concluded on 24 December 2020 between the European Union and the United Kingdom, it has been agreed that the GDPR will remain applicable in the United Kingdom for a maximum period of
FR – Cookies : The CNIL Issues Two Record Fines of €100M and €35M Against Google and Amazon
On December 7, 2020, the CNIL (the French data protetion authority) pronounced two record sanctions of €100 million against GOOGLE LLC and GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED (€60 and €40 million respectively), and €35 million against AMAZON EUROPE CORE for non-compliance with