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Changes to Spanish Data Protection Laws
The Spanish data protection and e-commerce legislation has been recently amended in order to, on the one hand, redefine the nature of the process to issue reprimands to data controllers and processors (so that reprimands are removed from the list of sanctions resulting from infringement of the regulations) and, on the other hand, relax the
Squire Patton Boggs Continues Expansion of Globally Ranked Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice With New UK Head and Team of Senior Hires
CPW is proud to welcome six new senior hires to Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets team. These valued additions to our ranks join us in four offices across Europe and the US as the firm continues to bolster our global capabilities in the ever-expanding world of data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity.
Survey of the National GDPR Implementation Laws of Key Member States
While the GD
PR compliance clock is ticking for companies, EU Member States have also been preparing for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which will become enforceable on May 25, 2018.
The GDPR will be directly applicable in all EU Member States without the need for implementing national laws. However, apart from the need to establish the supervisory authority, the GDPR provides Member States with the possibility to introduce more specific rules in a number of. This includes the areas of employment, sensitive personal data such as health data and in relation to the role of data protection officers.
Below is a survey of the GDPR guidance by Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in several key Member States.
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