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Recent developments for the third quarter 2012

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, China, European Union, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 8 2013

This letter is from the Global Equity Services ("GES") group in San Francisco, Chicago and New York. Attorneys in the GES practice group work

Israel publishes draft guidance on privacy in the workplace

  • Speechly Bircham
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  • Israel
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  • October 10 2012

The Israeli Privacy Act is not dissimilar to EU Data Protection laws and indeed Israel is deemed an approved country for EU member states to export personal data to

Israeli court upholds DPA’s authority to issue market instructions

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Israel
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  • September 7 2012

In a detailed, 27-page decision (Admin. App. 24867-02-11 IDI Insurance v. Database Registrar), the Tel Aviv District Court recently upheld the validity of an instruction issued by the data protection regulator restricting financial institutions from using information about a third party’s attachment of their client’s account for the financial institution’s own purposes

Israeli site needs parental consent under local law to collect information

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Israel
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  • July 16 2012

A website that permitted Israeli children to apply to be contestants on various reality TV shows recently settled with of the Israeli Justice Ministry

Israel publishes detailed guidelines for privacy protection in outsourcing services

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Israel
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  • January 20 2012

The Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (ILITA), the authority in charge of enforcing privacy laws in Israel, has recently published guidelines on the use of outsourcing services for the purpose of managing and processing private information

Israeli justice ministry announces breakthrough in information theft case

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Israel
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  • October 27 2011

On October 24, 2011, Israel’s Data Protection Authority, the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority in the Israeli Ministry of Justice (“ILITA”), announced significant developments in an information theft case affecting more than nine million Israeli citizens

New England-Israel Data Storage & Security Summit - November 14, 2011

  • Foley Hoag LLP
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  • Israel, USA
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  • October 27 2011

Ensuring strong and efficient data storage and secured systems is the foundation of any successful business in today's global business environment; the continued migration to cloud computing only amplifies this need

Data transfers to israel - Decision 201161EU

  • Matheson
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  • European Union, Israel
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  • February 8 2011

On 31 January 2011, EU Commission Decision 201161EU (the "Decision") held that Israel ensures an adequate level of protection to allow for the transfer of personal data to Israel from EU Member States, without additional guarantees being necessary

Israel's data protection law wins the approval of Europe

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • European Union, Israel
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  • February 5 2011

The European Commission has determined that Israel's Privacy Protection Act 5741-1981 establishes standards that are adequate to ensure the privacy of personal information transferred from the European Union to Israel

Israel recognised for ensuring adequate data protection

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Israel
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  • February 2 2011

The European Commission's decision to approve the State of Israel's status as a country ensuring an "adequate level of protection" under the European Data Protection Directive (9546EC) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 1 February 2011 (OJ L 27, 1.2.2011, p. 39) and is in force as of now