The UK data protection authority released advice and guidance to get ready for the worst-case scenario.
Irish Data Protection Commissioner runs inquiry on Facebook’s latest data breach
Italian competition authority fines Facebook €10m for misleading personal data use
Australian parliament passes law to grant access to encrypted communications
The Senate has voted the bill, which compels technology companies to grant police and security agencies access to encrypted messages
Spanish Data Protection Act allows political parties to gather user information online
The Senate has passed the law to bring Spain’s data protection framework fully in line with the GDPR
Japanese DPA asks Facebook to improve data protection practices
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) demands that Facebook better protect users’ personal data
EU Parliament approves Regulation on free flow of non-personal data across the EU
The EU Parliament has approved the final text of the Regulation ‘on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union’
Irish DPA officially opens investigation into Facebook’s data breach
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has started an investigation on Facebook, following the data breach suffered by the Company the previous week, related to about 50 million accounts
EC launches the adoption of the adequacy decision for Japan on data protection
Following the conclusion of the EU-Japan talks on personal data protection in July 2018, the EC has now launched the procedure for the adoption of its adequacy decision
European Commission and Japan agree on reciprocal data adequacy
The European Commission has announced an agreement with Japan on reciprocal adequacy for transfer of personal data, thereby creating “the world’s largest area of safe data flows”
