Kategorie: Personal data protection
The Directive of the Protection of Persons Reporting on Breaches of EU law
In the spring of this year, the European Parliament approved a proposal of the Directive of the Protection of Persons Reporting on Breaches of Union law (hereinafter the „Directive”), which, as the name implies, sets common minimum standards for the protection of persons reporting breaches of European Union (EU) law in selected areas of legal …
Read moreAct on Personal Data Processing has been finally approved
On 12 March 2019, the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic has approved the Act on Personal Data Processing (hereinafter the “Adaptation Act”) in wording as returned by the Senate of the Czech Republic, which is a so-called adaptation act to the Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 …
Read moreThe protection of whistleblowers in the Czech Republic?
On 18 February 2019, the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic submitted a proposal of a new law – an Act on Protection of Whistleblowers[i] to the Czech Government. The legislator has been repeatedly dealing with the issue of the whistleblowing (i.e. reporting or disclosing information on a wrongdoing obtained in a work-related context), …
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