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Decoding India’s Data Protection Law

Ikigai Law

India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 was introduced in Parliament on 3 August 2023. Once passed, the law will govern how businesses collect and use individuals’ data. What data is covered? Personal data, i.e., data about an individual that can identify them. Who is affected?

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European Data Protection Roundup – March 2024

Debevoise Data Blog

Key takeaways from March include: CNIL data security practice guide: The French DPA published an update of its data security practice guide for data protection officers, chief information security officers, computer scientists and legal experts. These developments, and more, are covered below.

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Data Protection in the Workplace: Employer Guidance

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For example, in 2020, the Data Protection Authority of Hamburg imposed a 35.3 In particular, specific details about the lives of some employees of H&M (illnesses, medical diagnoses, religious beliefs, and family problems) were comprehensively recorded and stored as information on a network drive. 6 (1) (e) of GDPR Art.

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European Data Protection Roundup – May 2023

Debevoise Data Blog

Third country data transfers : Businesses that transfer personal data outside of the EEA may want to review their transfer mechanisms in light of new guidance on the EU and South East Asia SCCs, and the DPC’s record-breaking €1.2 billion fine against Meta. These developments, and more, covered below. (1)

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European Data Protection Roundup – June & July 2023

Debevoise Data Blog

. : Business may want to revisit their cross-border data transfer arrangements following the new adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, assess whether they are eligible to self-certify and, if they are, whether it makes sense to. Data Privacy Framework (the “DPF”). Data Privacy Framework (the “DPF”).

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European Data Protection Roundup – September

Debevoise Data Blog

million fine against Austrian Post for channelling electronic data protection-related inquiries to a web form and not offering an additional email address, irrespective of the data subject option to also use non-electronic postal mail or customer service. Standard Contractual Clauses).

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European Data Protection Roundup – June 2021

Debevoise Data Blog

Here are our highlights: European Commission adopts new Standard Contractual Clauses What happened : As reported in our blog post , the European Commission adopted its new Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) for the cross-border transfer of personal data from the EEA to “third countries”.