The Adequacy Decisions come just in time to continue the bridging mechanism applicable under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK, allowing transfers of personal data from the EU to the UK for a temporary period ending on 30 June 2021.
The National Commission for Data Protection (hereinafter the “CNPD”) has made public its first 18 administrative decisions and sanctions, including six fines ranging from 1.000 to 18.000 euros, issued for non-compliance with provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter the “GDPR”).
On Friday, 4 June, the European Commission took a further step to reinforce legal certainty under the GDPR by adopting two new sets of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), intended to allow safe and free cross-border data transfers.
For the very first time, the National Commission for Data Protection (“CNPD”) has published 18 decisions, six of which inflicted fines ranging from 1.000 EUR to 18.000 EUR.
The Luxembourg Data Protection Authority (CNPD) has published its first decisions following investigations of non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
On 1 May 2020, the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) published its strategy and work program for 2020-2022. This document defines the main guiding principles for the CNPD’s actions until 2022. It is completed with an annual work program.
On 4 June 2021, the European Commission adopted the following two sets of new standard contractual clauses in the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679, the GDPR):
Internet users are regularly confronted with increasingly invasive cookie banners. Multiple techniques are used, including a hidden or inexistant refusal option, a request for payment or the appearance of aggressive banners
Following its White Paper on AI in 2020, the European Commission released in April of this year a proposal for a regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the "Regulation").
The EU Commission has issued their long awaited new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). These are a vital tool to enable international transfers of personal data. We consider the key changes and how to use these new SCCs in practice.
