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Presentation.
On December 10, 2020, the Parliament of Benin approved the Law No. 2020-35 amending the Digital Code Act in the Republic of Benin.
Through an Amendment Act made of four (04) articles, the legislator modified and completed the provisions of Law No. 2017-20 of April 20, 2018 on the Digital Code in the Republic of Benin.
Main changes.
The Amending Law has reviewed articles 121, 125 and 464 of the Digital Code, and introduced the following changes :
the reduction of the number of members involved in the Regulatory Authority for Post and Electronic Communications (Article 1) ;
the reduction of the number of members involved in the Personal Data Protection Authority (Article 1) ;
Turkey launches probe into Facebook over data leak
Facebook logo [Mustafa Çiftçi - Anadolu Agency] April 5, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Turkey s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) on Monday launched a direct investigation into Facebook over a recent user data leak,
Anadolu reports.
According to information received by Anadolu Agency, the body took the decision to initiate an ex officio investigation after discussing the issue at a meeting on reports that the data of 533 million Facebook users were shared on a hacker platform.
According to the Business Insider news website, a user on a low-level hacking forum on Saturday published the phone numbers and personal data of 533 million Facebook users in 106 countries.
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On 15 January, 2021, the Turkish Data Protection Board
(
Board ) published its principle
decision concerning the unlawful transmission of personal data to
third parties through various electronic communication
channels.
Following complaints and notifications submitted to the Turkish
Personal Data Protection Authority
(
Authority ), the Board evaluated the
issue of data controllers transmitting documents containing
personal data (such as invoices, receipts, reservation documents)
to incorrect parties due to incorrect or misleading contact
information. The Board also noted that such examples mostly
occurred in industries such as e-commerce, transportation,
telecommunications and tourism.
The decision makes reference to the general provisions
prescribed in Article 4 of the Turkish Data Protection Law