On 11th of March 2015, the long anticipated new cookie rules came into force in the Netherlands. The new rules are an amendment of the existing cookie legislation and provide – inter alia – for a more lenient regime for the use of analytic cookies with a low privacy risk. Immediately following the introduction, the […]
On 28th January 2015, the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has cleared binding corporate rules (“BCRs”) in respect to First Data Corp., a global electronic commerce and payment card processing company. This is the first time the ICO has authorised BCRs for a data processor and the UK is only the third member state to […]
Since the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”) came into force the principle of “notification” of individuals has been enshrined in the law. However, the PDPA remained silent on how an organisation should achieve compliance. On September 11 2014 the Personal Data Protection Commission (“PDPC”) issued a “Guide to Notification” for organisations to follow in […]
Hong Kong Data Privacy Ordinance Section 33 transfer of data: alive and kicking There has been a spate of articles over the last few days in response to the Data Privacy Commissioner in Hong Kong issuing a guidance note to section 33 of Hong Kong’s Personal (Data) Privacy Ordinance which deals with the prohibition on […]
EU Data Privacy Reforms: the road to reform, are we nearly there yet? Whilst officially aiming for an end of 2015 implementation date, a recent paper by German Green lawmaker Jan Philipp Albrecht hints that this date may slip to 2016. Albrecht notes that progress is being slowed by an apparent stalemate amongst EU Member […]
