We cordially encourage you to read the quarterly newsletter prepared by Linklaters law firm in the field of privacy law and personal data protection. Once again, our lawyers from the TMT/IP department have prepared for you an overview of the most important changes and events of the past months, which may significantly affect the obligations in the area of personal data protection.
In the newsletter we cover the following topics:
- Data transfers to the USA – a draft of a new decision of the European Commission stating the adequate level of protection of personal data in the USA.
- Sobriety control of employees – extending the employer’s rights in the draft amendment to the labor law.
- Remote work – new provisions of the Labor Code regarding remote work and personal data protection.
- Significant fines in Europe – interesting decisions of European authorities imposing fines on an energy company, a courier company and a provider of a mobile health application.
- Judgments and opinions of EU authorities – compensation for violation of the GDPR and conditions for publishing data in the directory of subscribers.
- New PUODO decisions – decisions issued in connection with failure to notify the authority of a breach or failure to comply with the conditions for entrusting data.
- Europrivacy – the first opinion of the European Data Protection Board approving the certification criteria for the European Data Protection Seal.
At the same time, we invite you to contact our TMT/IP team if you have any questions regarding the protection of personal data or privacy.
For further information, please contact:
Szymon Sieniewicz, Linklaters
szymon.sieniewicz@linklaters.com
