The strengthening of international cooperation seems to be the best avenue for better and easier enforcement of Supervisory Authorities (SA’s) investigative and corrective powers against third-country data controllers or data processors...
Ever since the EU – US Privacy Shield was abolished in July 2020, the data transfers between the EU and third countries (especially the US) for which no adequacy decision has been published, are a complex topic...
In the past few months DP-Dock has received a considerable number of inquiries from its customers regarding how to properly handle a data subject’s requested on access to the processing of their personal data (Art. 15 GDPR)...
In a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs held in Brussels today, EU Commissioner Didier Reynders delivered remarks on what to expect for the future...
Any privacy law implementation program is based a proper data mapping. But is it even a legal obligation? Under the GDPR, the answer is a clear "yes" for most of modern businesses...
Whereas public supervisory authorities granted an informal grace period to implement the new provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and allocated many resources to awareness-raising campaigns in 2018,...
“Don’t miss out on the latest deals”, “subscribe to our newsletter”, “get exclusive offers and personalized tips for shopping” – for many businesses, e-mail marketing is still the primary and most effective customer acquisition channel...
Under the GDPR, companies must not only comply with the high privacy standards but are also required to document compliance efforts and internal implementation of the legal requirements. In case of complaints by EU customers or official...
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a major privacy law introduced by the European Union in May 2018, not only shook up the business of data-driven digital service providers but keeps affecting companies...