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Italian Garante bans Chat GPT from processing personal data of Italian data subjects

Photo of Pietro Altomani (IT)By Pietro Altomani (IT) on Posted in General
IntroductionBy way of an interim measure adopted on 30 March 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) (the Garante) ordered  the US company Open AI LLC to temporarily stop ChatGPT’s processing of personal data relating to individuals located in Italy, pending the outcome of the Garante’s investigation into the … Continue reading

Cyber-insurance – 72 hours for the insured party to file a criminal complaint: GDPR’s false friend

Photo of Nadège Martin (FR)Photo of Geoffroy Coulouvrat (FR)By Nadège Martin (FR) and Geoffroy Coulouvrat (FR) on Posted in General
Cyberattacks have become more frequent, problematic and complex over the years – so much so that they now represent a real threat to economic activities. The French Information and Digital Security Experts Club (CESIN) has estimated that 54% of French companies were subject to cyberattacks in 2021,[1] while France Assureurs has put cyberattack risks on … Continue reading

Parliament fails to approve the EU Withdrawal Agreement: Data protection implications

Photo of Lara White (UK)Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)Photo of Miranda Byrne Hill (UK)By Lara White (UK), Marcus Evans (UK) and Miranda Byrne Hill (UK) on Posted in Compliance and risk management
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn 25 November 2018 the UK Government and the EU agreed a draft withdrawal agreement which set out the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU and made a political declaration on the framework for their future relationship, as provided for under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union (Withdrawal Agreement). The purpose … Continue reading

European Commission Publishes Proposal for the New e-Privacy Regulation

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)Photo of Lara White (UK)By Marcus Evans (UK) and Lara White (UK) on Posted in Compliance and risk management, Regulatory response
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn 10 January 2017, the European Commission published the official proposal of the revised e-Privacy Regulation, which amends the current e-Privacy Directive. Many of the alarming changes that were included in the leaked December draft of the Regulation, which we covered, have been changed, resulting in a practical set of rules that align with the … Continue reading

Europe and US slated to agree on revised US-EU/US-Swiss Safe Harbor framework

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Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightIt is being reported that the European Union and the United States are nearing an agreement on the revised US-EU/US-Swiss Safe Harbor framework. Thousands of US companies that have certified compliance with the Safe Harbor should be encouraged that the framework – which has been the subject of sustained criticism by European data protection regulators … Continue reading

Google challenges applicability of CNIL’s “right to be forgotten” order to domain extensions outside the EU

Photo of Nadège Martin (FR)By Nadège Martin (FR) on Posted in Compliance and risk management
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightIn a recent blog post, reflecting on Google’s ongoing dispute with France’s CNIL about the scope of the “right to be forgotten,” Peter Fleisher, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel, announced that Google will maintain its position that that company would not comply with the CNIL’s formal notice dated May 21, 2015 to implement individuals’ requests to … Continue reading
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