On August 11, 2023, the President of India gave his assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act). India, as a tech-savvy nation with a booming digital economy, recognized the need for a structured data protection framework. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may notify in […]
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ChatGPT is back in Italy – What changes have been made and what do users need to know?
OpenAI, the company behind the successful ChatGPT, has been in the spotlight recently due to privacy concerns, particularly in the European Union. Italy’s data protection authority, known as the Garante, imposed a temporary ban on the platform on 31 March, following reports of a data breach that affected ChatGPT users‘ conversations and payment information. As […]
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution Taking the World by Storm – Are You Ready?
The term “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) has many possible meanings, although a simple one defines it as the ability of a computer to perform tasks that have traditionally required human intelligence. AI has been a part of our lives for many years now as it is used in everyday consumer products such as spam filters for […]
Privacy matters: the intrinsic value of data protection
Records of processing activities. Data processing agreements. Data processing impact assessments. Privacy notices. Cookie banners. Data subject requests. Data flow mapping…The world of data privacy can be overwhelming, even for those of us who work with it professionally. It is especially frustrating when companies feel that they are losing their competitive edge due to limiting […]
Right to deletion? Dutch Court: Not if overriding interests exist!
Dutch Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal (hereinafter “Court”) seems to give insides on what accounts to an overriding interest according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, when considering the right to deletion according to Art. 17 para. 1 lit. c GDPR (see here). Facts The data subject who works as an accountant had provided false information […]
THE NIGERIAN DATA PROTECTION REGULATION 2019: OVERVIEW, EFFECTS AND LIMITS
It would appear that the wind of data protection reform that has recently blown across the world has finally found its way to Nigeria with the passing of the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (the Regulation) by the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on the 25th January 2019. From the preamble of the Regulation, one […]
Online Training Data Protection
Trainings and awareness measures are not only an important step in the implementation of data protection requirements, but, especially for larger organizations, oftentimes a particular challenge. We would like to offer you a guideline in the format of a 15-minute online training. What exactly is it about? In order to meet the statutory training requirement, […]