Data Protection Report Published

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Published on: 22/06/2016

Issues Covered: Data Protection and GDPR

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The Annual Report highlights:

Significant progress in building the capacity and expertise of the Office through widespread recruitment, including specialist legal, technical, investigatory and communications experts
Increase in annual budget to €4.7m, from €3.65m last year
Establishment of a Special Investigations Unit to carry out targeted and pro-active investigations
Establishment of a Forensics Technical Lab to assist in technical audits and investigations
932 complaints investigated, with over 60% relating to access rights and 11% to electronic direct marketing, of which 94% were resolved amicably
A wide range of prosecutions and audits undertaken in 2015
*2,376 data breach notifications
14,427 emails and 16,173 telephone calls dealt with via dedicated email and call centre facility
Far-reaching developments at EU level including EU Court of Justice rulings and the EU General Data Protection Regulation which will come into force from May 2018
Focus on building engagement with tech-multinationals

Read the full data protection report here

Legal-Island's Annual Data Protection Update 2016 is on Thursday 29th September 2016.

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 22/06/2016