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New guidance on data breaches in Belgium

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Belgium
  • -
  • May 15 2013

The Belgian Data Protection Commission issued guidance relating to security measures aimed at preventing data breaches. This follows on serious data

Spanish Data Protection Agency issues guides on Cookies and Cloud Computing

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Following the Spanish Data Protection Agency's ("SDPA") 5th Open Doors Annual Meeting, a Guide on the Use of Cookies, and two Guides on Cloud

Hosting health data: the French requirements - going through the accreditation procedure

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 3 2013

Pursuant to this Act, such hosting activity can only be implemented by a hosting service provider (“HSP”) previously approved by the Shared

UK Anonymisation Network website now live

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The Network is relevant for both public and private sector organisations with an interest in anonymising personal data. The Network, a consortium led

Big Data & the UK automotive sector

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 19 2013

Overview New Big Data research technologies and data analytic tools introduce a revolution in the way people do business and provide management with

Hungary to lift the ban on sub-processing in the Data Protection Act

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Hungary
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The Hungarian Parliament passed an amendment removing the prohibition of sub-processing from the Hungarian Privacy Act. The amendment will enter into

Damages for distress under the DPA

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 3 2013

In this unreported case, the Court of Appeal upheld the appellant’s claim for damages against a finance company. Mr Halliday had made a claim for

French Supreme Court strikes out limitation of liability provision from an it contract where the software publisher has breached a material obligation

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • June 4 2007

In a recent decision, the Commercial Chamber of the French Supreme Court held that the breach of a material obligation in an IT contract resulted in the limitation of liability provisions being unenforceable

Singapore’s new Personal Data Protection Act impact on employers

  • ATMD Bird & Bird LLP
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  • Singapore
  • -
  • November 8 2012

Singapore’s newly passed Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) is expected to be enacted in early 2013 and be implemented in about mid-2014, giving organizations above 18 months to get ready to comply with the PDPA

Cloud control - what Singapore’s new data protection law, the personal Data Protection Act 2012, means for mobile app development

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • December 27 2012

Mobile apps are keen miners of information. Many of these apps are designed to "pull" information stored on a mobile device - such as location-based data