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Information Law weekly highlights—24 January 2019

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Published on: 24 January 2019

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Data protection
France’s National Data Protection Commission fines Google €50m
EU adopts adequacy decision with Japan on free flow of personal data
Claim of unlawful obtainment of personal data quashed
Legal assistance to a death sentence by the Secretary of State held to be lawful
European Data Protection Supervisor report on smart glasses and data protection
Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s 2017-18 report published
Brexit
Brexit SI Bulletin—latest drafts and sifting committee recommendations, 18 January 2019
Reputation management

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Information Law highlights includes a discussion of Google’s €50m fine by the French data protection supervisory authority for breaching the Regulation (EU) 2016/679, General Data Protection Regulation, the announcement that the European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision on Japan and the latest Brexit sifting updates.

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