Avast Software s.r.o. was fined 351 million CZK by the Office for Personal Data Protection in a final and binding decision. The Office imposed said fine for an unlawful processing of personal data of users of its Avast antivirus program and its browser extensions which verifiably took place during a period in 2019. Avast processes personal data of the users of its antivirus software when it provides services of this software. It transferred a part of these data, which related…
Read moreCZECH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: UOOU has contacted the Justice Ministry for the notification register
The Personal Data Protection Authority has written to the Justice Ministry regarding the Central Register of warnings. The purpose is to discover if the Ministry is providing information by the register, if it is necessary based on which legal regulation, in which measure, and if it is teaching recipients of these data on the additional personal data processing. The Office is replying to the information that the Justice Ministry makes available the notification of clash of interests based on the…
Read moreCZECH REPUBLIC SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: the Office takes the position of the authority which defend the access to information also in cases of actions against decisions issued by other bodies before January 2020
With the change to the Law in force since the 2nd of January 2020, the Office of the Personal Data Protection has gained new competences in the filed of the free access to information. In connection to a specific number of obliged bodies, it has acquired the status of superior authority which has the right to decide on appeals in the second instance. The recent sentence of the High Administrative Court n. 4 As 65/2021-44 of the 30th of April…
Read moreCZECH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: to store record of clients by some service’s providers and to demonstrate test of SARS-CoV-2 by clients
On the 26th of April 2021, with decision n. 418, the Government has approved in advance the extraordinary measure that the Health Ministry intend to issue on the 3rd of May 2021 [1] and at the point 14, letter e) to order to operators like barbers, hairdressers, pedicures, manicures, cosmetics, massages and similar regeneration or reconditioning services to keep the documentation of clients for eventual epidemiological investigation. To a great number of operators, that until now have not processed any…
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