The CNIL introduction to its DPO guide reads “Emerging in 2018 with the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the data protection officer (DPO) has a central position in personal data governance. The DPO must inform and advise the data controller, monitor the organisation’s compliance with legal obligations and act as a...
The Committee on Information Technology of the Iowa House passed House File 2506 almost unanimously. The effective date for the bill is Jan. 1, 2024 but the Iowa Senate must report the File out of a committee by March 18 for further consideration. Find the text here.
Sharing his opinion of regulating online advertising, the European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski stated that digital services have been designed to track and target to achieve engagement. Acknowledging that the proposed Digital Services Act and the Proposal for a Regulation on the Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising address risks related to transparency, however...
UK Ministers have confirmed that laws banning this behaviour will be included in the Government’s landmark Online Safety Bill alongside wide-ranging reforms to keep people safe on the internet. ‘Cyberflashing’ typically involves offenders sending an unsolicited sexual image to people via social media or dating apps, but can also be over data sharing services such...
Since the first appearance of covid19, the online events sector radically changed, becoming the main way to spread easily reachable informative content and to join open debates among experts. However, organizing webinars requires some relevant privacy considerations. The PrivacyRules experts Geert Somers and Bernd Fiten, from the Belgian law firm Timelex, explain this current topic...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today proposed amendments to its rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies. Public companies may be required to report cybersecurity incidents within 4 days. These disclosures would be made to the investors as cybersecurity is an ‘emerging...