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Much has been written about the new EU initiative currently awaiting approval by the Council. Few issues seem to spark such fierce debates within the internet and technology community as those pertaining to copyright enforcement. This is nothing new. What is new, however, is perhaps the extent tech giants are able to capitalise on thisContinue reading “Some thoughts on the Copyright Directive”

Kaveh Cope-Lahooti The Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore has recently fined two companies operating in the healthcare sector (a healthcare provider, SingHealth, and its IT provider, IHiS) its highest ever fines of SGD 250,000 and SGD 750,000 respectively, for their failure to put into place adequate data security measures that exacerbated the effects ofContinue reading “The Singapore PDPC’s record fines signal growing scrutiny of IT security outsourcing arrangements”

Kaveh Cope-Lahooti & Abhay Soorya The European Data Protection Supervisor, the authority responsible for overseeing the compliance of EU institutions with privacy and data protection norms, recently published an analysis of the deployment of Smart Glasses in its first technology report, in which it brings to light a variety of market and compliance issues withContinue reading “EDPS’ issues first ‘Technology Report’ on Smart Glasses”

Kaveh Cope-Lahooti The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a consultation on the processing of children’s personal data with a view to introducing guidance and a Code of Conduct for organisations. Although it will be some time before any steps are taken, it is important that businesses are aware of the key issues involvedContinue reading “Children’s Data: Consultation on Code of Conduct opens in Ireland”