The Swedish DPA Datainspektionen has now presented their first embryo of guidelines following the Shrems II case from July 16th. They conclude, as many others, that transfer of personal data from the EU to the [...]
As most have noticed, the decision communicated by the European Court of Justice, CJEU, the 16th of July in the Schrems II case has made the usage of American cloud services, if not impossible, [...]
Privacy shield has fallen. This changes everything.The European Court of Justice, ECJ, has decided in the Schrems II-case (C-311/18). They declare the Privacy Shield, an arrangement created by the by the U.S. Department of Commerce [...]
The Belgian Data Protection Authority has decided on the role of the Data Protection Officer, and potential conflict of interest. Proximus SA has been fined €50,000 for appointing its Head of Compliance, Audit and Risk [...]
The Swedish DPA Datainspektionen issues a fine of €20 000 towards the Swedish National Government Service Centre for breaches towards the GDPR. The Swedish National Government Service Centre got aware of a security hole in the [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting everyone’s lives, and unfortunately its impact seems to extend to our lives and economies long after the virus itself has been put under control. In order to save lives, unburden [...]
Recording from the very popular webinar we held in collaboration with Arrow, IBM and DLA Piper. And yes, we did have a very good time. https://youtu.be/xu6iUprsKjU Privacy-related EU fines, background https://youtu.be/xu6iUprsKjU?t=172 Damages and activism, new [...]
Swedish DPA Datainspektion issues a fine of €6 980 000 towards Google for breach of the GDPR. Following a case from 2017, where Datainspektionen decided that certain personal data should be removed, they have now found that [...]
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority, Datatilsynet, issues a fine of €388 350 to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. The fine is the highest in Norway and is targeting a public authority, without any data breach occurring. [...]
Many have reacted with surprise on the near absence of enforcements coming from Scandinavian DPAs since GDPR entered into effect May 2018. And for sure, compared to a relatively much higher activity level from southern [...]
