Marta Dunphy-Moriel and Paula Fernández-Longoria of Bird & Bird have an update that addresses:
- The Spanish Data Protection Agency issuing a guide on Privacy Impact Assessments
- The Official Agency of the Official State Gazette (AEBOE) publishing the “Code on the Right to be forgotten;” and
- Spanish Data Protection Agency Annual Report 2013
You can access their update on their site.
Of note, their summary of SDPA actions in 2013 includes:
The majority of preliminary proceedings and sanctioning procedures ending in sanction or warning in 2013 relate to the telecommunications sector. This sector was the object of 2,256 preliminary proceedings[1] and 317 sanctions/warnings[2]. These figures represent 28.71% of the total preliminary proceedings and 38.56% of the total procedures ending in sanction or warning, respectively.
The second biggest offending sector in terms of preliminary proceedings and procedures ending in sanction or warning is the financial sector, with 1,566 preliminary proceedings and 62 sanctions/warnings[3]. These figures represent respectively 19.93% of the total preliminary proceedings and 7.54% of the total procedures ending in sanction or warning.