Flash News from Indonesia “Whether Covid-19 can be considered as force majeure or not?”

The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, issued a Presidential Decree No. 12/2020 declaring Covid-19 pandemic as a Public Health Emergency situation. Then, the Government has released Regulation No. 21 of 2020 on Massive Social Restrictions (“GR 21/2020) allowing the Regional Government to implement Massive Social Restrictions.

On April 09, 2020, the Governor of DKI Jakarta has issued Regulation No. 33/2020 on Implementation of Massive Social Restrictions in Jakarta.

In this pandemic situation many business activities are disrupted and stop operating. For this reason, they are assessing their existing contracts to determine whether the pandemic of Covid-19 can be considered as force majeure or not.

Our Indonesian expert from SIP Law Firm , R. Yudha T. W., elaborates on the recent updates of its country and explains how Indonesia is handling the concept of force majeure.

Listen to this flash news to know more about this interesting topic!

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Data privacy law in Israel with the experts of Pearl Cohen

Data privacy law in Israel with the experts of Pearl Cohen

Know the Israeli data protection law with Haim Ravia and Dotan Hammer from the Israeli law firm Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz.

Meet our experts, know their data protection regime, the connected laws, and the main practical issues faced in the everyday professional activity of an Israeli data privacy expert... Listen to this webcast!

You can also listen to this interview in its podcast version here

Schrems II: The impact outside the US

6 August 2020

Which have been the effects of the Schrems II case decision in the rest of the world?

Our members discussed this complex topic by comparing the different reactions of Israel, India, Hong Kong and Japan in this panel moderated by our expert Dotan Hammer from Pearl Cohen in Israel with the participation of Stephen Mathias from Kochhar & Co. in India, Pádraig Walsh from Tanner De Witt in Hong Kong and Akira Matsuda from Iwata Godo in Japan!

The last 10 minutes have been dedicated to the Q&A session with very interesting questions.

Privacy of travellers in the covid- 19 era: can airports test passengers for pandemic symptoms?

30 July 2020

On Thursday 30 July 2020 PrivacyRules hosted a LIVE webinar on how airports and travel hubs can test passengers for potential pandemic symptoms and use their data. Learn more on this topic with the PrivacyRules experts Geert Somers from Timelex (Belgium) and Kim Walker from Shakespeare Martineau (UK) and our three guest speakers:

- Holly Jubb, DPO of the Gatwick Airport

- Marja Lubbers, DPO of the Brussels Airport

- Stevan Stanojevic LLM, CIPM, Group Data Privacy Manager of Etihad Aviation Group

The worldwide effects of the EU-US Privacy Shield invalidation

21 July 2020

EU and non-EU PrivacyRules experts debate on the groundbreaking decision of the Tribunal of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

EU PrivacyRules data-privacy experts Volker Wodianka from SKW Schwarz in Germany and Jean-Christophe Chevallier from Ydès Avocats in France, analyze the decision and compare interpretation and perspectives with our US data-privacy expert Michael E. Nitardy from Frost Brown Todd and Gabriel Avigdor from datalex llc in Switzerland.

The past, the present and the future of the EU-US privacy shield: An expert perspective

16 July 2020

Our Swiss expert, Gabriel Avigdor from datalex llc, explains in just 5 minutes what has brought the Court of Justice of the EU to invalidate the EU-US privacy shield.

What happened? What are the consequences for cross-border personal data transfer? Are Standard Contractual Clauses still valid? May, this decision, involve also third countries such as Switzerland?

Watch this flash video to learn more about this case and its effects!