The Italian Garante per la Protezione dei dati Personali (‘Italian SA’) published a decision of February 10, 2022 in which it imposes a 20 million EUR fine on a company outside of Europe for violation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’). Clearview AI is a U.S.-based company that provides search engine services involving […]
Belgian Data Protection Authority Fines Bank for DPO’s Conflicting Roles
In a decision of December 16, 2021, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) imposed a EUR 75,000 administrative fine on a bank located in Belgium for failure to comply with the requirement in Article 38.6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) that the tasks and duties of the Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) must not […]
EDPB Issues Draft Guidelines on Data Subject Access Rights
On January 28, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published draft regulatory guidelines (“draft guidance”) on the right of data subjects to have access to their personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). In the draft guidance, the EDPB explains the aim and components of the right. This analysis is followed […]
FTC Releases Warning to Companies that Fail to Mitigate Log4j Vulnerability
Less than a month ago, a critical vulnerability was identified in the ubiquitous, open source Log4j tool prompting swift guidance from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other security practitioners. Now, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned companies that it “intends to use its full legal authority” against any company that fails to […]
Time to Restore Trust in Data Flows between Countries? Peter Swire Discusses Recent OECD Efforts in Developing Principles for Government Access to Data.
Alston & Bird Senior Counsel Peter Swire recently published an article in Lawfare titled, “Towards OECD Principles for Government Access to Data.” Peter and his co-authors discuss recent efforts of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to formulate common principles regulating governmental access to personal data held by the private sector for national […]