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Photography in the light of the GDPR

Photographs almost always fall under the category of personally identifiable data and are thus subject to the provisions of the GDPR. Is this problematic? Indeed...

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Data Security
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Tyre change and the GDPR

Many drivers have probably had a similar experience in recent months. The winter was just around the corner and it was time to change your tyres. During the appointment at the garage, customers were asked to sign...

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Data Protection Officers and the new BDSG - still mandatory!

With the introduction of the GDPR, the topic of data protection officers has suddenly become interesting. This is true for external parties as well as for those responsible within the company or for the Data Protection Officer (DPO)...

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Data Security
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Who is responsible?

Who is responsible for handling personal data? This is a recurring question in day-to-day consultancy. No one likes to take responsibility, especially for things that are difficult to understand, especially if they don't see the need for it...

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Data Security
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WhatsApp, data privacy and data protection

The use of WhatsApp is probably one of the most frequently discussed privacy issues. Can WhatsApp be used for business communication or not? Almost everyone has this app on their mobile phone to communicate...

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Data Security
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Record € 1,2 billion fine for Meta for non-GDPR-compliant data transfer to the US

Topic of a previous newsletter was the New EU – US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) which would act as remedy for the abolition of the “Privacy Shield” in 2020 and facilitate data transfers from and to the United States....

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Granada, Spain; June 4, 2022: phone with Spotify app while a person using Spotify on the computer
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Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) fines Spotify for GDPR violations (Art. 15 GDPR)

We often say to our Customers, that the correct handling of data subject’s access requests (Art. 15 GDPR) - along with the data subject’s deletion requests (Art. 17 GDPR) – is  among the most frequent GDPR-related inquiries...

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Art. 27 GDPR – Personal Data Breach Notification – EDPB Guideline 09/2022

Our Art. 27 GDPR Rep Clients may already be aware of the so-called “one-stop shop”-concept. This concept would be practical within the context of notifying the authorities about a potential data breach (Art. 33 GDPR), since an...

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New Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCC” - PR China)

On 24 February 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) – released the final form of the Personal Information Export Standard Contract (Standard Contract), along with the Measures on the Standard Contract,...

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