International Report February 2020

International Report - Issue 163

21 February 2020

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• 33rd Anniversary edition of Privacy Laws & Business International Report

COMMENT

• Korea amends its privacy laws; Greece adopts GDPR law

LEAD STORIES

• New GDPR law for Greece
  Spyridon Vlachopoulos and Vassiliki Christou from the University of Athens explain new aspects and limitations of this law.
• India’s data privacy Bill: Progressive principles, uncertain enforceability
  The new Bill includes several notable changes from the previous version and should be followed closely not least due to the government’s EU adequacy aspirations, says Graham Greenleaf.

NEWS

• EU Council’s GDPR position
• Data protection and AI
  

ANALYSIS

• Schrems II: SCCs valid and effective?
• A decade of 62 new DP laws
• How to regulate facial recognition?
  

LEGISLATION

• Korea amends privacy laws
  

MANAGEMENT

• GDPR data protection icons
• Facebook’s new Oversight Board

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Berlin DPA imposes €14.5 million fine
• Indonesia’s data Bill in Parliament
• CNIL issues whistleblowing guidelines
• Italy’s DPA issues €11.5 million fine
• Facebook to pay $550 million
• GDPR survey on fines, notifications
• Norway’s Consumer Council: Adtech
• Balancing privacy and biometrics
• German DPAs propose GDPR changes
• Proposal on privacy indicators
• South Africa’s law in force soon
• UK ICO delays BA, Marriott fines
• UK adequacy by the end of 2020?
• New Chair for OECD privacy WP