Kategorie: Personal data protection
Cookies and GDPR: what do you need to know as a website provider?
Cookies are already a very common part of web browsing and the architecture of most modern websites. This is perhaps why the area of cookies and their legal regulation is still evolving, especially about the processing of personal data through them. A fundamental change in this area was brought about by Act No. 374/2021 Coll., on …
Read moreCurrent draft of the bill on the protection of whistleblowers
The topic of whistleblower protection, which has been intensively discussed by Czech society and the professional public, has been resonating for some time now, as well as the new draft law on whistleblower protection, by which the Czech Republic was to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 …
Read moreCamera systems in the workplace and favourable working conditions
The Office for Personal Data Protection (“Office”) investigated a complaint regarding the installation of a camera system for monitoring of employees. The employer assessed the risks of the system in its own way and decided to install functional cameras in permissible places (e.g. entrances to buildings) and to install non-functional cameras (fake cameras) in places …
Read moreChanges in telemarketing under the amendment to the Electronic Communications Act
On 18 October 2021, an amendment to Act No. 127/2005 Coll., on Electronic Communications and on Amendments to Certain Related Acts (the Electronic Communications Act), as amended (hereinafter the “Electronic Communications Act”), was published in the Collection of Laws. The amendment to the Electronic Communications Act brings significant changes, especially in the regulation of telemarketing, …
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