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Privacy espresso series ResourcesJanuary 12, 2023

Overview of the EU-U.S adequacy decision: US perspective (PART 2)

ResourcesJanuary 12, 2023

Inaugural meeting of U.S.-UK comprehensive dialogue on technology and data

Senior officials of the UK and the U.S. met to inaugurate the bilateral comprehensive dialogue on technology and data wanted by President Biden and Prime Minister Johnson at their Carbis Bay meeting in 2021. The related press release of the UK Government reads that the United States and United Kingdom identified deliverables to address in...

ResourcesJanuary 11, 2023

Privacy by Design to become an ISO standard on 8 February (2023)

On Feb. 8, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will adopt PbD as ISO 31700. The ISO is a network of 167 national standards bodies. It sets over 24,000 standards, including ISO 27001 for information security management systems, some of which organizations can be certified for compliance with after passing a review by auditing firms. The...

ResourcesJanuary 11, 2023

Norwegian DPA fines PostNord for lack of risk assessment and proper security measures

Two separate data breaches impacted the PostNord MyPostNord app and were reported to the Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) in February and March 2020. The breaches were caused by the fact that unauthorised persons were able to access the profiles of some app users because PostNord, as personal data controller, used phone numbers as the only means...

Members’ updatesJanuary 10, 2023

News from the Australian PrivacyRules member: Spam and communications law compliance

PrivacyRules Australian law firm member Macpherson Kelley publishes an interesting insight on spam and compliance obligations. There you can read that while many businesses have clued in that privacy and data are big-ticket issues, both in Australia and overseas, what they might miss are their communication compliance obligations. Communications compliance (anti-spam) is actually a part...

ResourcesJanuary 10, 2023

TikTok CEO meets EU official to discuss about data privacy concerns

Euractiv reports that the CEO of the social media TikTok, Mr. Shou Zi Chew, met with Vice President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová, Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager and Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson to discuss topics including data security, disinformation and EU digital regulation. Continue reading on Euractiv here.

ResourcesJanuary 9, 2023

Finnish DPA fines Viking Lines for violation of employees personal data

The EDPB issues a release on the Finnish DPA having investigated Viking Line Oy Abp’s activities after a former employee complaint that him and others had not received all their personal data being stored in the company’s systems despite their request. It emerged that Viking Line has been holding employees health data in an HR...