Weekly Data Privacy Alert - 23 November 2015

The Squire Patton Boggs Data Privacy & 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, Jamaica and the UK.

EU

• General Data Protection Regulation Discussion Broadcast
• EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Report on Surveillance
• Commissioner’s Speech on US-EU Data Transfers

Germany

• Federal Supreme Court: Disclosing Data of Account Holder Cannot be Refused in Case of Counterfeiting

Jamaica

• Draft Data Protection Act in Circulation

UK

• Chancellor’s Cyber Protection Plan Announced
• Information Commissioner Gives Evidence to the Burns Commission
• ICO Guidance on the Dangers of Hidden Data
• FTSE 350 Urged to Undergo Cyber Health Check
• ICO Crackdown on Companies Trading Names and Numbers