Huawei panel looks to data protection and privacy
Image taken from shiftf7.com - In 2020, we never had a dull day in privacy, said Dr Felix Witter, a partner with multinational law firm Fieldfisher, foreshadowing the issues that arose in an hourlong discussion on data protection hosted by Huawei on Tuesday morning.
For Witter, who was one of the experts on the panel at the event, the top issues for Europe arose in the wake of Schrems II, a judgement delivered by the European Court of Justice in July 2020.
The ruling brings into sharper relief the differences between the data protection regime in the European Union, governed by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in force since May 2018.
Published January 20, 2021, 11:23 AM
The shifting sands of the data protection landscape in 2020 and what it means for 2021
2020 was a challenging year. The global COVID-19 pandemic had severely impacted governments, industries, and people’s private lives. Companies and individuals had to face new work conditions with restricted travels and remote working employees and governments were challenged with ways to battle the pandemic with infection predictions, contact tracing, lockdowns, and containments.
Companies had to prove flexibility to adjust to rapidly changing requirements (and environment) and meet security and data protection challenges, e.g.: Remote working options and conditions for employees; New online offers to reduce contacts; Physical and organizational measures to protect employees, customers, and suppliers in office environments; and Adjusting to legal obligations and requirements.