UK confirms that it will opt into GDPR in 2018

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
Following ICO’s comments on Brexit, on October 24, 2016, the UK Secretary of State Karen Bradley MP used her interview before the Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee to confirm UK's participation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect in the spring of 2018. The Secretary said that: "We will be members of the EU in 2018 and therefore it would be expected and quite normal for us to opt into the GDPR and then look later at how best we might be able to help British Read more [...]

European cloud providers’ association issues data protection code of conduct

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On September 27, 2016, the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers of Europe (CISPE) announced the publication of the Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Infrastructures Services. The CISPE comprises several major European cloud infrastructure providers. The code of conduct provides that the certified cloud infrastructure providers: will process and store data exclusively within the EU/EEA territories. The processing and storage will comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation Read more [...]

A German DPA to carry out 500 company audits on international data transfers

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On November 3, 2016, the Bavarian Data Protection Authority (BayLDA) informed that it will carry out a privacy audit on the international data transfers of more than 500 companies. The Authority has decided to carry out such audits because of the suspicion that companies may transfer data abroad without even being aware of it. Indeed, many small and medium-sized German businesses outsource its data processing – for example through cloud computing – and the service providers transfer Read more [...]

German DPA prohibits data transfer from WhatsApp to Facebook

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On September 26, 2016, the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information issued an order prohibiting Facebook to collect and store data of German WhatsApp users.  The decision came after WhatsApp issued a statement informing its users that the application’s terms and privacy policy was updated, as a consequence of WhatsApp’s joining Facebook. Following the wave of concerns expressed by DPAs all over the world, the German Authority issued the order prohibiting Facebook Read more [...]