In April 2021, the European Commission proposed the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, a first-of-its-kind regulation by any global regulatory authority. The proposed Act is intended to establish harmonized rules on artificial...more
On November 21, 2018, the data protection authority of the German state of Baden-Württemberg (“LfDI”) imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a German social media company for failing to encrypt user passwords, the first fine issued...more
The European Data Protection Authorities, assembled in the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB” or “Board”), met at their third plenary meeting held on the 26th of September. At its meeting, the Board agreed on common...more
On April 19, 2018, the statutorily-appointed independent EU advisory body known as the Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) published a Position Paper on the derogations from the obligation to maintain records of processing...more
On February 12, 2018, the statutorily-appointed independent EU advisory body known as the Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) published revised Guidelines on personal data breach notification under the General Data Protection...more