International Report October 2020

International Report - Issue 167

15 October 2020

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• GDPR as The Guiding Light but not necessarily The Road Ahead

COMMENT

• New laws adopted in Egypt and Switzerland

LEAD STORIES

• Switzerland’s DP Act revised
  David Rosenthal of Vischer reports from Zurich on new aspects of the law which is expected to enter into force in 2022.
• Egypt’s Data Protection Law enters into force in October
  It is likely that the law will not be fully enforced until 2022, but businesses should start preparing now. By Dino Wilkinson and Masha Ooijevaar of Clyde & Co.

ANALYSIS

• Schrems II decision: Cross-border data transfer uncertainty
• Book Review: Data Protection Law in the EU
• Will Asia-Pacific trade deals collide with EU adequacy and Asian laws?
• Navigating Vietnam’s cybersecurity and DP Law
• Competition and consumer watchdog spurs Australian changes
• Understanding the ‘big mind’: The issue of algorithmic accountability

LEGISLATION

• The scope of California’s Private Right of Action may be expanded
• Draft implementation framework released for Nigerian regulation

MANAGEMENT

• BCRs post-Schrems II
• France’s DPA imposes first sanction as Lead Authority

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Salesforce and Oracle class actions
• US Senate examines the need for Federal Data Privacy Legislation
• Hamburg’s DPA imposes €35 million fine
• The challenge of individual redress
• EDPB issues GDPR controllerprocessor relationship guidelines