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Castren & Snellman Attorneys
‘Data is the new oil' has been a popular phrase in recent years, but perhaps a more apt comparison would be solar power: a renewable natural resource that can benefit everyone at once, without diminishing.
Castren & Snellman Attorneys
Diversity and equality in work communities enrich working life and enable companies to grow and innovate. Many employers have undertaken to promote equality, which is after all their legal responsibility.
Dittmar & Indrenius
In 2020, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland launched a project to clarify the Finnish regulation concerning the collection of employees' personal data.
Nordic Law
The European Commission adopted the new standard contractual clauses (SCCs) regarding transfers of personal data on 4.6.2021, and according to the transition period, they must be fully implemented by 27.12.2022 at the latest.
Nordic Law
Data protection officer (DPO) monitors an organization's compliance with data protection requirements. DPO is a statutory position regulated in the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Castren & Snellman Attorneys
In the summer of 2021, the European Commission published new standard contractual clauses (SCCs) to act as a transfer mechanism when transferring personal data outside the EU/EEA.
Dittmar & Indrenius
Tieto on valtaa. Kun Sir Francis Bacon reilut 400 vuotta sitten kirjoitti nämä kuuluisat sanat, hän tarkoitti tiedon valtaa luonnosta.
Dittmar & Indrenius
Organisaatioiden monimuotoisuus ja inklusiivisuus ovat vastuullisuuden keskeisiä elementtejä ja samalla kilpailukykytekijöitä. Erityisesti kansainvälisillä organisaatioilla on jo...
Ius Laboris
The Brexit Agreement will keep data flowing across the Channel until up to 1 July 2021
Reed Smith (Worldwide)
The Information Society Code (2014/917) (Code) – a new act in Finland on electronic communications, privacy, data security, communications, and the information society in general – took effect 1 January.
DLA Piper Australia
As part of the EU, Finland implemented the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC with the Personal Data Act 523/1999.
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd
In late 2012, the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman carried out a survey concerning the processing and protection of personal data in domestic network services.
European Union
Waselius
During 2022 the data protection authorities in several EU countries have published decisions banning the use of Google Analytics
Castren & Snellman Attorneys
The objective of the Artificial Intelligence Act ("AI Act") being drafted is to ensure that the artificial intelligence systems released to the EU market and used there are safe and comply with fundamental rights.
Dittmar & Indrenius
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became applicable four years ago. Both the number and amounts of administrative fines imposed by the supervisory authorities of...
Castren & Snellman Attorneys
On 4 June 2021, the European Commission published two sets of standard contractual clauses, one for use between controllers and processors and one for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
Ius Laboris
Two weeks ago, Finland witnessed its first GDPR fines, as three companies were fined for violations of key obligations under the GDPR. Issued a week before the second anniversary of...
Worldwide
Dittmar & Indrenius
In October 2022, President Joe Biden's administration published an executive order regarding a new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, i.e. the replacement...
Castren & Snellman Attorneys
Many companies have been closely following the development of the interpretation practice concerning international data transfers ever since the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) ...
Dittmar & Indrenius
On Friday 7 October, President Joe Biden's administration published an executive order regarding a new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, i.e. the replacement of the so-called Privacy Shield mechanism previously allowing transfers of...
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