Kategorie: Personal data protection
Changes in the area of cookies under the amendment to the Electronic Communications Act
On 15 September 2021, the Chamber of Deputies outvoted the Senate and adopted 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”). The amendment to the Electronic Communications Act brings significant changes, and in this article …
Read moreNew Rules on Personal Data Transfer outside the EU
The cross-border transfer of personal data is a phenomenon without which international business cannot perform, and is common not only in global platforms such as SaaS[1] solutions, but also in the in-house data management of multinational corporations within shared systems (CRM, HR, etc.). In general Most contracts regulating or relating to the transfer of personal …
Read moreSelected aspects of reporting under the bill on the protection of whistleblowers
The government bill on the protection of whistleblowers (Parliamentary Document No. 1150) (hereinafter the “Whistleblower Protection Act”) is intended to bring a number of innovations to the Czech legal system in the area of protection of persons who report an unlawful act of which they become aware in connection to their work. Introduction Although the …
Read moreWhistleblowing according to the current Czech bill on whistleblower protection
Whistleblowing – or the protection of whistleblowers – is currently governed by Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council from 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (the Whistleblowing Directive) (“Directive”) and the Member States of the European Union are obliged to transpose it …
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