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German real estate company fined 14.5 million EUR for storing all personal data of tenants indefinitely in an archive system

11/11/2019
Privacy & data protection

On 30 October 2019, the Berlin Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a big fine of 14.5 million EUR against Deutsche Wohnen SE. It is the biggest fine imposed by a German DPA so far.

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Do I have to take into account the GDPR after Brexit?

17/10/2019
Brexit

Yes, but there will be a difference between a deal scenario and a no-deal scenario. The difference between the two scenarios will be explained below.

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How to identify whether your processing activities are impacted by Brexit?

17/10/2019
Brexit

In order to identify whether and how Brexit will impact processing activities in your company, there are several questions that should be asked.

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Which personal data transfer mechanisms can you use?

17/10/2019
Brexit

In case of a no-deal Brexit, the UK will become a third country within the meaning of the GDPR. This would mean that, as of the withdrawal date, any transfer of personal data to the UK would have to be based on one of the transfer mechanisms listed in Chapter V of the GDPR.

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How to implement a personal data transfer mechanism?

17/10/2019
Brexit

Even if the UK does not provide an adequate level of protection of personal data as required by the GDPR, a transfer of personal data to the UK will still be possible if you choose and implement one of the available personal data transfer mechanisms.

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How to update your privacy policy and internal documents?

17/10/2019
Brexit

The changes that you may have to make following Brexit will need to be reflected in your privacy policy/information notice towards data subjects, and in your internal policies and your GDPR-related documents.

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Which supervisory authority is competent after Brexit?

17/10/2019
Brexit

Brexit may have an impact on which supervisory data protection authority is competent for one or more of your data processing activities. After Brexit this will depend on whether you perform cross-border processing, and where you are established.

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Legal challenges in better e-government: CITADEL provides some guidance

10/10/2019
E-government

In an earlier blog post, Timelex presented the CITADEL project, a project that built several ICT to tools to help governments (public administrations) to understand why citizens do or do not use a certain service, how existing services can be optimized and what is needed to create new and better public services.

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CJEU rules: pre-ticked checkboxes do not constitute valid cookie consent

01/10/2019
Cookies

Does your cookie pop-up still rely upon a pre-checked consent tick box for installing cookies? Then you are no longer in compliance with the ePrivacy Directive, nor Directive 95/46/EC or the General Data Protection Regulation.

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