The Special Eurobarometer 487a report on GDPR conducted by survey and data insight consultancy Kantar at the request of the European Commission has been published this month. Where relevant, the report’s findings are compared to findings from the Special Eurobarometer 431 on Data Protection conducted in 2015. The salient finding is that two-thirds of Europeans…
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The Belgian DPA delivered a strong message on 28th May 2019, that data protection is “everyone’s concern” and everyone’s responsibility, by premiering the GDPR’s sanctioning provision in Belgium with a fine of €2,000 imposed on a mayor (‘bourgmestre’) for the illegal utilisation of personal data. Purpose Limitation was Breached The mayor in question used personal data obtained for the purposes of…
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On 27th May, the Kingdom of Thailand’s first personal data protection law was published in the Government Gazette and made official. This comes three months after the National Legislative Assembly passed the Personal Data Protection Act in late February and submitted the act for royal endorsement. While the law is now technically in effect Its main ‘operative provisions’…
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General Data Protection Regulation reaches its first birthday This blogpost arrives as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) reaches its first birthday, and a week after a report from the Washington-based Center for Data Innovation (CDI) suggested amendments to the GDPR. The report argues that regulatory relaxations would help foster Europe’s ‘Algorithmic Economy,’ purporting that GDPR’s restrictions of data…
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A DPO (Data Protection Officer) is an individual responsible for ensuring that their organisation is processing the data of its staff, customers, providers and any other individuals, i.e. data subjects, in compliance with data protection regulations. As of the EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a DPO is mandatory for: Public authorities; and Organisations that…
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In a statement released on 3rd May, the Information Commissioner’s Office reiterated their decision to issue HMRC a preliminary enforcement notice in early April. This initial notice was based on an investigation conducted by the ICO after a complaint from Big Brother Watch concerning HMRC’s Voice ID service on a number of the department’s helplines since January 2017. HMRC did not…
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As the Information Commissioners Office’s ongoing investigation into the political weaponisation of data analytics and harvesting sheds more and more light on the reckless use of ‘algorithms, analysis, data matching and profiling’ involving personal information, consumers are becoming more data conscious. The ICO, as of 8th May, has launched an awareness campaign, featuring a video, legal factsheets reminding…
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Profiling is a very useful tool which marketers have been using for decades to understand their customers better and to target them appropriately. However, the GDPR does make some changes to how profiling is considered which should be considered carefully before profiling is undertaken. For the first time, profiling has been included with automated processing…
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Core US Privacy Principles On 18th November Democratic Senators issued a set of core principles that should underpin any proposed Federal Privacy legislation. The principles cover several issues across four categories to protect consumer privacy: (1) establish data safeguards, (2) invigorate competition, (3) strengthen consumer and civil rights, and (4) impose real accountability. New US…
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