Andrew Sutherland and Gordon Hughes of Davies Collison Cave provide a round-up of some cases in Australia. On 28 April 2020, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled that a university had not infringed the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) when it collected images with sexual content from an employee’s computer, resulting in a disciplinary…
Category: Laws
New Dubai International Financial Centre Data Protection Law Comes into Effect
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On July 1, 2020, the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”) Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020 came into effect (“New DP Law”). Due to the current pandemic, a three-month grace period, running until October 1, 2020, has been provided for companies to comply. The New DP Law replaces DIFC Law…
Social Media Platform Fined 100,000 USD by Washington State AG for COPPA Violations
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On June 24, 2020, the Washington State Attorney General (“Washington AG”) announced that it had settled an enforcement action against the owners of the “We Heart It” social media platform for alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and the Washington State Consumer Protection Act. Under the consent decree, the defendants…
Dutch DPA Issues Record Fine for Violating GDPR Data Subject Rights
Joke Bodewits and Benjamino Blok of Hogan Lovells write: The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a EUR 830,000 (approximately USD 937,000) fine against the Dutch Credit Registration Bureau (BKR) for violating data subject rights. The fine stems from BKR’s practice of charging fees and discouraging individuals who wanted to access their personal data. Read more on…