Russia: double burden data protection

The GDPR applies to the entities having establishments within the EU, as well as to those that do not have a physical presence in the EU where their processing activities, either as a data controller or processor, are related to the ofering of goods or services to data subjects in the EU, or to the monitoring of data subjects’ behaviour taking place within the EU….

EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – countdown of one more year

Die EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung – noch ein Jahr bis zur Anwendbarkeit – bi-lingual posting / zweisprachiger Beitrag – The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become applicable throughout the European Union on 25 May 2018, with additional national legislation. By then, companies need to be compliant. The German Bundesrat has recently passed the new Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, which will adapt the European Regulation into national German law. This…

The right to be forgotten - ECJ ruling on Italian data protection case

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled on an Italian case in which the director of a company, a Mr Manni, had brought an action against the Lecce Chamber of Commerce. He had built a tourist complex in Italy, but argued that the properties had failed to sell because it was apparent from the companies register that he had been involved in a company…