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EDPB clarifies territorial scope of the GDPR

Norton Rose Fulbright - Data Protection Report blogOn November 23, 2018, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued highly anticipated draft Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) on the territorial scope of the GDPR. See our previous blog posts on the GDPR here and here. The Guidelines provide some clarity around the scope and applicability of the GDPR to data Controllers and Processors both inside … Continue reading

GDPR is upon us: are you ready for what comes next?

Norton Rose Fulbright - Data Protection Report blogThe wait is finally over—this Friday the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force. For many readers of this post, a huge amount of work will have been done in recent months in building up to compliance with the new regime. However, the challenges of GDPR certainly don’t end on the … Continue reading

Canada’s federal, British Columbia and Alberta privacy commissioners issue BYOD guidance

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightAs the line between work and home becomes increasingly blurred, the federal, British Columbia and Alberta privacy commissioners have issued joint guidelines to help organizations reduce the risks of privacy breaches with respect to employers’ data accessed from employee-owned devices (EODs), while also securing employees’ privacy rights regarding any personal information stored on EODs.… Continue reading
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