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28 January 2023 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2023, Baker McKenzie’s Global Data Privacy and Security Team is pleased to present this special edition update of key data protection and privacy developments and trends across the globe, as well summarising future legislative changes, predictions, and enforcement priorities to look out for during 2023.…

The 25 May 2021 marks the third anniversary of the GDPR coming into force. As we have moved from preparation for the GDPR to business as usual compliance with the GDPR, regulators have focused on various issues in different jurisdictions. Although we are now three years into compliance with the GDPR being part of our day to day operations, it is clear that interpretation and expectations regarding compliance from the courts and regulators continue to…

On 4 May 2019, further amendments to the rules on processing personal data will come into force. They concern over 150 legal statutes and refer to both the private and public sector. Below we present the most important changes in the legal statutes that will be significant for the majority of companies:Labour CodeThe Act on Electronic Provision of Services (AEPS),Telecommunications LawPersonal Data Protection ActAmong other significant changed laws there are the Banking Law (e.g. with…

Polish DPA imposes EUR 220,000 fine for breach of Art. 14 GDPROn 26 March 2019, the Polish data protection authority (DPA) announced that it has imposed its first financial penalty amounting to EUR 220,000 (approx. PLN 943,000) on a data controller in Poland for failing to comply with the provisions of the GDPR. The controller is a company that aggregates personal data from publicly available registers, such as the Central Register and Information on Economic…

Last week the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage presented a draft of the long-announced ‘Act on financial support for the production of cultural video games’. The proposed act provides the rules of financial support for video game producers by means of tax exemptions for video games promoting Polish or European cultural heritage. The act aims to improve the conditions of the functioning of the video game production market in Poland and to create…