MPR Partners’ specialists contributed to Lexology Getting the Deal Through Data protection & Privacy 2022, by providing all relevant information for the Romanian jurisdiction. This is an important reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of local insights (within 35 jurisdictions) into the legislative framework; relevant authorities; treatment of breaches; legitimate processing; data handling responsibilities of PII […]

Using the digital environment for work related activities entails risks that are enhanced by the continuous digitisation of the society. Such risks include an increase in the number of cyberattacks that can lead to security breaches, including personal data breaches. Therefore, it is important for companies to make sure that the risks mentioned above are […]

Our team of specialists contributed to the 2021 edition of Lexology – Getting the Deal Through’s Data Protection & Privacy guide. This volume covers many of the most important data protection and data privacy laws in force or in preparation throughout the globe. The laws governing data protection are becoming ever more significant as information […]

Abstract: Data breach notifications were firstly introduced in 2009 by means of amendments to the E-Privacy Directive, where such data breaches occurred in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications service. Further on, GDPR extended data breach notification obligation to all industries. The initial scope was to have a single notification regime, as […]

One of the major changes pursued in the data protection field has been the harmonisation of the legislative framework across the European Union (the “EU”), target achieved by the enactment of the Regulation (EU) 679/2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of […]

Pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (“General Data Protection Regulation”), controllers must only use processors that provide sufficient […]

Starting with January 7, 2019, Law no. 363/2018 (“Law 363/2018”) entered into force. Law 363/2018 transposes Directive (EU) 2016/680 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purpose of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, […]

This article was initially published in the CEE Legal Matters Magazine

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