Data Protection Bites 1/2020

WORLDWIDE HOT TOPICS: INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION UPDATES IN A NUTSHELL

POLAND

Christmas hacking attack on virgin mobile polska as an example of a personal data breach incident

The President of the Polish Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) will investigate a personal data leak which affected the telecommunications company Virgin Mobile Polska.

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LATVIA

Imposing the biggest fine yet for illegal processing of personal data

Recently – at the end of last year, the Latvian data protection supervisory authority – Data State Inspectorate (DSI) issued the biggest fine yet for illegal processing of personal data - 150’000,00 EUR.

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ITALY

NIS and Cybersecurity

EU Directive 1148/2016 (NIS) and EU Regulation 2019/881 aim to implement cooperation between Member States to achieve a common high level of cybersecurity on systems, networks and information.

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DPA OBSERVATORY

ITALY

The processing of particular data and scientific research: between a permissive GDPR and restrictive national legislation

In Italy, the processing of particular data for scientific research purposes is governed by EU Regulation no. 679/2016 and by Italian legislation, which is much stricter than European legislation.

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LITHUANIA

Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate has Prepared the Guidelines on Personal Data Security Measures and Risk Assessment

To help the organizations to fulfil better their responsibilities under the GDPR, the Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate has prepared the Guidelines on personal data security measures and risk assessment for data controllers and processors. The initial version of the Guidelines was submitted for public consultation and in the final version of Guidelines the Lithuanian data protection authority has taken into account more than 60 % of the received recommendations.

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