International Report August 2020

International Report - Issue 166

24 July 2020

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• Should there be a property right in personal data?

COMMENT

• Guidance needed from the European Data Protection Board

LEAD STORIES

• EU-US Privacy Shield is invalid says European Court of Justice
  Although Standard Contractual Clauses remain valid, the decision creates uncertainty for companies which have been relying on the Shield for their EU-US transfers. By Laura Linkomies.
• Jamaica adopts a post-GDPR data privacy law
  Graham Greenleaf asks whether Jamaica’s law is strong enough to mark the start of a different direction for data privacy in the Caribbean.

NEWS

• The EU is forming its AI policy
• UN on children’s right to privacy
• GDPR cross-border improvements?
• Privacy and Covid-19 in Korea
  

ANALYSIS

• Germany rules on cookie consent and third party advertising
• Clearview facial recognition backlash
• Implementing Convention 108+ – observer and NGO contributions

LEGISLATION

• South Africa’s DP Law in force

MANAGEMENT

• Apple makes privacy pips squeak
• Buying data from consumers

NEWS IN BRIEF

• California’s CCPA now enforceable
• Microsoft will honour California’s privacy rights throughout the US
• EDPB issues One-Stop-Shop register
• New Zealand strengthens DP law
• Belgium’s €600,000 fine on Google
• Dutch DPA issues a record fine
• EU to step up traveller screening
• German court confirms Facebook’s abuse of market power
• EU update on Brexit and adequacy
• UK responds to adequacy concerns
• Seamless data transfers crucial
• EasyJet faces UK ‘class action’