n January the European Commission presented a reform of the EU Data Protection Directive. The main focus is to guarantee privacy rights in the digital economy and to remove the current fragmentation and costly administrative
The new Data Protection Regulation proposal developed by the EU will be applicable to European and foreign organisations and to those that, although not based in Spain, commercialise products and services targeted at European citizens.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) recently fined two small to medium size companies (SMEs) for non-compliance of the relevant duties on ‘cookies’ requirements, in the amounts of €3,000 and €500 respectively. In particular, as further described
As tighter legislation has been introduced, and enforcement activity is increasing, the emphasis on preventing corruption has become key, say Nick Benwell and David Bridge
