Month: July 2022
Europe Takes Position on Sending Personal Data to Russia
On 12 July 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Statement 02/2022 on Personal Data Transfers to the Russian Federation, in which it confirmed that data transfers to Russia require a data transfer impact assessment (DTIA). A DTIA is a case-by-case evaluation that determines whether a specific data transfer […]
US Legislative Developments in Children’s Privacy
“It’s time to strengthen privacy protections, ban targeted advertising to children, [and] demand tech companies stop collecting personal data on our children.” – President Joe Biden, State of the Union, March 1, 2022 On May 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission publicly renewed its focus on children’s privacy . In […]
Breach of Patients’ Data Leads to Heavy Sanctions in France
At the end of February 2021, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) found out via the media about a massive personal data breach involving health-related data of about 500,000 French patients. After more than a year of investigation, CNIL has published its decision (available in French only) imposing a fine […]