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Data Protection Agency issues opinion on language requirement for informing data subjects

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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November 30 2010

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) has published an Opinion analysing whether compliance with the obligation to inform data subjects of the processing of their personal data as provided under Act 151999 on Personal Data Protection implies the need to provide the said information in English when the data subjects are not Spanish in order to ensure that those subjects are actually informed

The Spanish Data Protection Agency and the Spanish National Communications Technology Institute warn about the impact of the growing use of RFID in everyday items

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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November 23 2010

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) and the Spanish National Communications Technology Institute (INTECO) have recently published a joint report analysing the impact of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology on personal data protection

Database registrations surpass two million mark

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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November 16 2010

The number of databases registered with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) by businesses and publicly-owned entities has reached two million, with 439,832 additional registrations in the first eight months of 2010

National High Court confirms fine imposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency on private health centre

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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November 2 2010

The Spanish National High Court has confirmed a fine imposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency in 2005 on a private health centre for throwing out 158 medical histories containing patients' health-related personal data in a container located on a public street

The Spanish Supreme Court sets aside various sections of data protection regulation

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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September 14 2010

The Spanish Supreme Court has issued three Resolutions dated 15 July 2010 where it partially considers various appeals against different sections of Royal Decree 17202007 which develops Act 151999 on Personal Data Protection (Royal Decree 17202007

National High Court confirms fine imposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency on a company for forwarding to its staff a court resolution without deleting personal data contained in the resolution

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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August 31 2010

The National High Court has confirmed a fine of 100,000 imposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) on a company that forwarded to its employees a link to a court resolution referring to a dispute between the company and one of its employees without erasing the relevant employee's personal data (including sensitive data

Data Protection Agency clarifies the conditions for an employer to lawfully access an employee's office computer

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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August 3 2010

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) has recently adopted a Resolution where it deemed lawful an employer's access to an employee's office computer when there was prior information of such employer access in an internal company policy

Outsourcing of certain services may fall outside of the scope of Spanish data protection regulations

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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July 5 2010

In May 2010, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) stated in a legal opinion that in cases where a data processor is only provided by the data controller with the first and last names of data subjects, their job positions as well as their business addresses, email, phone and fax numbers, such disclosure of data falls outside the scope of Spanish data protection regulations

Agreement to strengthen privacy within the Spanish justice system

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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July 2 2010

The Spanish Data Protection Agency and the General Council of the Judiciary have entered to an agreement to strengthen the protection of personal data within the Spanish justice system

Use of personal data by data processor after termination of the relationship with the data controller

Baker & McKenzie
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Spain
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July 2 2010

The Spanish Data Protection Agency has imposed a fine of 60,101 on a data processor which did not return personal data to the data controller (or destroy such data) after the termination of the underlying contractual relationship