California Consumers Privacy Act got amended and enforcement actions delayed

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
After only three months from its approval the California Consumers Privacy Act (CCPA) was amended. On September 23, 2018 Senate Bill 1121 was signed into law. The legislation, which takes effect immediately, amends the CCPA, which was passed on June 2018. Among other things, the amendment: - clarifies the definition of “personal information”, explaining that it “includes, but is not limited to, the following if it identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, Read more [...]

$999,000 in HIPAA settlements for unauthorized disclosure of patients’ protected health information

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On September 20, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it reached settlement with several medical centers after they allegedly compromised patients’ protected health information (PHI) by inviting film crews on premises to film an ABC’s television documentary series, without first obtaining authorization from patients. According to the settlements, to resolve potential HIPAA violations, the entities will pay around $1 million fine and Read more [...]

Argentina to adopt soon GDPR’s standards?

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On September 19, 2018, Argentina’s president sent a data protection bill to the national Congress for approvaI. In Argentina the protection of personal data was constitutionally regulated in 1994 and by means of a law promulgated in 2000. See here. According to the bill’s preface, in consideration of the many technological innovations of the last 17 years, as well as the approval of the GDPR – this bill seeks to maintain the current international standards. In 2003, the European Commission Read more [...]

Italian GDPR harmonization law is now in force

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On September 19, 2018, Legislative Decree n. 101/2018 harmonizing the Italian privacy law with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force. Legislative Decree was published on the Official Italian Gazette (Gazzetta ufficiale n. 205 04-09-2018) on September 4, 2018. More on the Legislative Decree and the Italian Privacy Code (Legislative Decree 196/2003) is available at http://www.technethics.com….   For more information on this and for advice on GDPR implementation, Read more [...]

Italian GDPR harmonization law is published on the Official Gazette

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On September 4, 2018, Legislative Decree n. 101/2018 harmonizing the national privacy law with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was published on the official Italian journal (Gazzetta ufficiale n. 205 04-09-2018). The Legislative Decree does not abrogate the Italian Privacy Code (Legislative Decree 196/2003), which therefore remains in force, but that Code is harmonized with the principles set out in the GDPR, first of all with the accountability principle. Legislative Read more [...]