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Article 29 Working Party Releases GDPR Implementation Guidance

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn 15 December 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) issued guidelines and FAQs on the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR) relating to data portability (Guidelines / FAQs), data protection officers (Guidelines / FAQs), and the lead supervisory authority (Guidelines / FAQs). WP29 will accept comments on these guidelines until the … Continue reading

Article 29 Working Party Releases Opinion on the Revision of the ePrivacy Directive

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightThe Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has issued an opinion on the evaluation and review of Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive). In its opinion, WP29 notes the need for a thorough revision of the rules in the ePrivacy Directive to take into account the technological developments in the digital market and the recent adoption of … Continue reading

EU-US Privacy Shield scrutinized in Article 29 Working Party initial response

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn February 3, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) released a statement on the consequences of the Schrems judgment, following an assessment of the legal framework and the practices of US intelligence services. The WP29 expressed continuing concerns about the US framework for processing personal data for intelligence purposes, in spite of recent reforms.… Continue reading
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