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French Data Protection Authority CNIL sent hundreds of formal notices to EU data controllers on the grounds that the use of Analytics Service Solutions led to insufficiently regulated transfers to the United States. Notices raised questions on Chapter V of GDPR compliance

Chapman Taylor’s project for the regeneration of Rome’s historic CinecittàDue shopping mall has been unveiled

The Connecticut Data Privacy Act CTDPA goes into effect July 1,2023 . Companies need to be aware of the following: Applicability, Individual Rights, Contractual Requirements, Data Security and Governance, Enforcement and how it applies to CTDPA Privacy Law

The Micro and Small Enterprises Authority, as established by the Micro and Small Enterprises Act, is mandated to formulate policies and programmes for micro and small enterprises.

Data Privacy Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Kenya, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

The Barbados Banking Association is assuring Barbadian customers that their information is safe after several reports of security breaches associated with bank cards. This breach is said to have occurred within a “very small percentage of the customers of local banks” and the institutions  have already responded to those affected. “Whether a breach is as a result of unauthorised access to a local bank’s systems or occurs when their clients …

Numerous countries in Africa have developed or implemented data privacy and security laws in their countries in the last few years. With the rapid rise in digitisation as a result of the pandemic, the broad implementation of such laws across the continent has never been more urgent. Countries including Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe have been implementing new measures to protect and secure the personal information of their citizens. ...

On 13 April 2022, Presidential Decree No. 26 of 27 January 2022, which contains the regulation on the objections register, will come into force. The…

More than 250 institutions are likely to face prosecution for defaulting in the registration and payment of prescribed fees to the Data Protection Commission. The institutions owed the Commission GH¢ 1.5 million after collecting and personally processing information of individuals as data controllers over the years. Madam Patricia Adusei-Poku, the…

The Data Protection Commission has paid a visit to the Director of Public Prosecution Mrs Yvonne Atakora - Obuobisa, to begin a legal process to retrieve some 1.5 million Ghana cedis from 251 Data Controllers who have flouted the Data Protection Act 2012 (Act843) by refusing to register with the…