With presidential assent granted on August 11, 2023, for India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, India joined the ranks of dozens of jurisdictions globally that have enacted comprehensive data protection laws.
The Brazil Data Protection Agency (“ANPD”) on August 15, 2023 released a draft of the International Transfer of Personal Data Regulation and the standard contractual clauses for public comment.
The new Data Privacy Framework offers multinational employers a streamlined mechanism for transferring the personal data of EU personnel from subsidiaries in the EU to the parent corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates in the United States.
On May 24, 2023 (or as we like to call it, the eve of GDPR’s 5th birthday), the UK’s data protection body, the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO), published a new guide for employers on responding to data subject access requests (DSARs).
On June 14, 2023, the European Parliament voted to approve the first draft of the new AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive law regulating artificial intelligence.
As many employers will be aware, data subject access requests (DSARs) can take up a significant amount of business resources and are a common tactic used by disgruntled employees.
Since the European Court of Justice declared the “Safe Harbour” agreement invalid in October 2015, transatlantic data traffic has been fraught with significant hurdles and uncertainties.
Despite the absence of the previously promised Employment Bill, new Bills that will, if passed, make changes to employment laws, have been coming thick and fast over the last few months.
