Sorainen Latvian office assisted one of the pharmacy chains in Latvia in conducting a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) before developing the concept of an online pharmacy. About the online pharmacy concept An online pharmacy allows shoppers to purchase non-prescription medicine and other items remotely. During a pandemic, the ability to make purchases remotely is essential […]
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The Law on Personal Data Protection was officially published on 14 May 2021. It will enter into force six months after publication, i.e. in November this year. This is the first law specifically dedicated to personal data in Belarus. Its provisions significantly change and clarify the regulation of personal data processing, which could affect almost […]
About the dispute We advised an e-commerce company in their dispute with the Latvian State Data Inspectorate (the Latvian data protection authority) concerning non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The instance of non-compliance in question was unintentional; however, it was a potentially serious GDPR breach that could have resulted in a penalty of […]
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New administrative penalties in sphere of personal data will take effect from 1 March 2021: *1 basic unit (BU) – approx. EUR 9 ** at the exchange rate of NBRB as of 8 February 2021 In any of these cases, officials will be able to initiate the case even without request from data subject. Responsible authorities will […]
Big data is the new oil – but who has the right to own it? Is the owner the creator of the individual data or the owners of data processing systems which add value to the mass of data – or should the information be shared for free with state institutions, for example, with the […]
