Weekly Data Protection Alert - 21 September 2015

The Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team is pleased to share with you a weekly alert on data privacy issues. This week’s alert covers news from the EU, Germany and the UK.

EU

• Commission Clarifies Position on National Data Retention Laws

Germany

• Media Organisations Criticise Data Retention
• Higher Regional Court: Right to Be Forgotten Also Applies to Online Archives

UK

• Responsibility for Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Moves
• UK Charities Investigated by ICO
• International Project Examining Children’s Data Privacy Raises Concerns