The PrivacyRules live webinar on "Public safety v. privacy: the covid-19 tracing apps conundrum" was moderated by our Australian expert Kelly Dickson from Macpherson Kelley with Susanne Lie, senior legal adviser at the Norwegian Datatilsynet as a special guest. Three other PrivacyRules experts were panelists: Ruth Ng from Taylor Vinters Via LLC in Singapore, Haim Ravia from Pearl Cohen in Israel and Geert Somers from Timelex in Belgium.

Learn more on this fascinating topic by watching this webinar!

This webinar has been moderated by our Swiss expert Ludovic Tirelli from Penalex together with three first-class guest speakers Ben Waites from Europol, Els De Busser from the Leiden University, Filippo Musca from the The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, and two other PrivacyRules criminal law experts, Ruben Roex from Timelex in Belgium and Juan Carlos Manríquez Rosales from MBCIA Abogados in Chile.

The experts have discussed, among other things, about:
- The main crime trends EUROPOL has observed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
- If the Data Protection Authorities have successfully exercised their supervisory competences in relation to the COVID-19 monitoring measures
- How the privacy and tech experts from the private sector can support the cybercrime-fighting efforts
- The criminals use of the various types of vulnerabilities, and how are states and other actors reacting to that globally

The seminar has been be moderated by PrivacyRules Hong Kong member Pádraig Walsh from Tanner De Witt, with exclusive participation of Dr. Mohsen Rezayat, Chief Solutions Architect at Siemens Digital Industries Software, and PrivacyRules Polish member Agnieszka Wiercińska-Krużewska from WKB Lawyers, PrivacyRules UK member Kim Walker from ShakespeareMartineau, and PrivacyRules US member Mike Nitardy from Frost Brown Todd as panellists.

Watch the event recording here

Concerned about the data privacy implications of returning to work in the Covid-19 era?

The PrivacyRules US expert Michael Nitardy has moderated an international discussion on the topic with:

➡️ Victoria Beckman of Frost Brown Todd (USA),
➡️ Padraig Walsh of Tanner De Witt (Hong Kong) and
➡️ Jean-Christophe CHEVALLIER of Ydès Avocats (France)

Watch this webinar to learn what your company should consider and do in this volatile situation, where privacy and public health are major concerns globally.

PrivacyRules local expert, Sergey Medvedev from Gorodissky & Partners, elaborates on the risks related to the non-compliance with the Russian data privacy law in these complex times.

You may wonder if the Russian data protection law must be complied with even during the Covid-19 times, the answer is yes! Beware that the Russian data protection law has been recently amended giving higher powers to the Russian IT Regulator (Roskomnadzor) which can now impose truly heavy fines against non-compliant companies. Worth noting, the Roskomnadzor can now start random inspections and, if the inspection reveals that a company is non-compliant, the Regulator can initiate an administrative proceeding before the competent Court without the need of a prosecutor.

The sanctions can be of civil, administrative or criminal nature. An example of a heavy sanction is the blockage of the website for an online business or an e-commerce company (which is what happened in the LinkedIn case). Furthermore, in certain cases fines are imposed on the basis of the number of the employees the sanctioned company has.

To know more about the risks related to the complexity of the Russian privacy regulations, watch this video and contact Sergey for guidance and advice!