It has been almost 1.5 years since the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter GDPR) was implemented in the EU. Since then, there have been many improvements made in Estonia related to data processing and protection – from both the private sector and the public sector. As our previous article showcased how to start a company […]
The Data Protection Board (“Board”) has announced 3 (three) important decisions at its web site on 17 July 2019 regarding different sectors and topics. Please kindly pay special attention to the third decision regarding “Gmail” mentioned below. You may find below a summary of the decisions: The summary of the Board decisions, dated 25.03.2019 and […]
The ICO has issued one of its first “blockbuster” fines under GDPR for a data breach – British Airways has been fined a record £183 million after its website was hacked and the personal data of 500,000 customers were harvested. The breach was caused by “poor security arrangements” allowing customer information to be accessed. The […]
The Data Protection Board (“Board”) has rendered 3 (three) important decisions regarding “data controller’s obligation to take necessary technical and administrative precautions for protection of personal data” and “requirement to notify the data breach as early as possible”, all of which are announced at the Board’s web site on the date of 3 July 2019 […]
According to the Law on Protection of Personal Data (“Law”), the Regulation on Personal Health Data (“Regulation”), concerning activities of private real and legal persons and public legal persons that process personal health data, which is related to the processes and practices carried out by the Ministry of Health (“the Ministry”) has been published in […]
The Data Protection Board (“Board”) has rendered 2 (two) important decisions regarding “data controller’s obligation to prevent unlawful access to personal data” and “processing and transferring of health data”, both of which are announced at the Board’s web site on the date of 18 February 2019 (“Decisions”). On the other hand, with respect to data […]
The Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority“) recently published the Information Note on Data Protection Law and Glossary of Terms, Guideline on Data Privacy and Guideline on Fulfillment of the Obligation to Inform on its website. What do Documents Involve ? Documents published by the Authority provide detailed information and explanations regarding data protection within the […]
It has been stated in the notification dated 08.05.2019 sent to the Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) by Microsoft Corporation, as being a data controller, that: Identification information of call support manager, working at one of Microsoft’s service providers, is captured, Thus, outsiders having no ties with Microsoft had access to information at Microsoft users’ […]
IR Global is proud to announce Daniel Weinberg of Freitas & Weinberg LLP as Headline Sponsor for the upcoming ‘On the Road’ Conference in Tokyo, 8th – 11th May, 2019. If you are looking to attend this conference, and are yet to secure your place, please click here to book your spot for the conference. Spaces are now limited, […]
Your fellow members; Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C. the exclusive Commercial Litigation and Maritime Law Member in Virginia, are pleased to announce an addition of a new practice area of Data Privacy & Security to their IR Global membership. This new position adds further strength to their membership and offers further support for fellow members […]
With Article 56 of the Omnibus Bill with no. 7161 which is announced in the Official Gazette dated 18.01.2019 and numbered 30659 (“Law”), the phrase of “increase in the producer price index”, stipulated under Article 344/1,2 and 3 of Turkish Code of Obligations with no. 6098 (“TCO”), is amended as “consumer price index’s rate of […]
As known, although according to Article 7/9 of Law on Transformation of Areas under Disaster Risk numbered 6306 (“Law”) and Article 16/9-ç of the Regulation on Application of the Law numbered 6306 (“Regulation”), transactions of condominium easement establishment, first sale to third parties and etc are explicitly determined as exempt from land registry, the land […]