Based on a complaint about Radius’ remote reading of electricity meters, the Danish Data Protection Agency has assessed that the processing of personal data has taken place within the framework of the General Data Protection Regulation and national special rules. The Danish Data Protection Agency has made a decision in a case where a number of citizens complained about Radius Elnet A/S’ processing of personal data, as the company uses remotely read electricity meters to collect personal data about the…
Read moreBRITISH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: Code standard and Child Code Hub
This code came into force on 2 September 2020, with a 12 month transition period. Organisations should conform by 2 September 2021. Children’s Code Hub The Children’s Code (or Age Appropriate Design Code to give it its formal title) is a data protection code of practice for online services, such as apps, online games and websites and social media, that children might access. It came into force on 2 September 2020 with a 12-month transition period to give organisations time…
Read moreBRITISH SUPERVIORY AUTHORITY: Contact tracing – protecting customer and visitor details
We understand that organisations have lots of new measures to put in place so that they can re-open safely to the public. For many, this includes collecting customers’ and visitors’ personal information for the first time, to support the various contact tracing schemes in the UK. Whilst asking for contact details has been voluntary for certain organisations so far, we understand the Scottish and Welsh governments have now introduced new measures to oblige certain organisations to ask for this information….
Read moreFRENCH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: The State Council asks to the Health Data Hub for additional guarantee in order to limit the transfer risk in USA
The Health Data Hub, known as “Health Data Hub”, is an information system that has been projected in order to bring together all the health data of the whole French population. This centralization, asked by the legislator, must promote, in particular, the medical research. In order to manage the health crisis, the Health Data Hub has been put into service in April 2020 in advance and on a limited scope. The hosting of the platform has been given to Microsoft,…
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