International Report October 2019

International Report - Issue 161

14 October 2019

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• The balance between privacy and public order everywhere

COMMENT

• From Thailand to Jersey – GDPR’s global effect is evident

LEAD STORIES

• Thailand – Asia’s strong new data protection law
  The law which will enter into force in May 2020 includes many GDPR-informed principles, but also some omissions. By Graham Greenleaf and Arthit Suriyawongkul.
• CNIL’s guidance on cookies sets stricter consent requirements
  Web publishers need to adapt their websites to France’s new rules. Ariane Mole and Juliette Terrioux of Bird & Bird explain.

NEWS

• Australia debates tougher privacy regulation of digital platforms

ANALYSIS

• Jersey to stay in the European mainstream for data protection
• Navigating the right to data portability in the EU’s GDPR
• Making GDPR compliance a competitive advantage

LEGISLATION

• GDPR shapes Lithuania’s DP law
• Portugal’s DP law in force

MANAGEMENT

• STAR Research project launches free GDPR training materials
• Hot topics in employee privacy

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Cayman Islands DP law in force
• Italy: Consumer credit code adopted
• CJEU: Un-checking a box does not constitute valid consent
• Poland issues large GDPR fine
• CJEU rules on Google and Right to be Forgotten
• Companies violate Privacy Shield
• Gibraltar joins Convention 108
• Amended EU e-Privacy Regulation
• Google and YouTube ordered to pay $170 million
• US business leaders voice strong support for federal privacy law
• Privacy v. public order in Hong Kong