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April 21, 2015
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Germany Wants To Introduce Class Actions For Privacy Violations

The German Government approved a draft law to strengthen the private enforcement of certain data protection law provisions that aim to protect consumers. In particular, the draft law empowers consumers and other qualified associations to send cease-and-desist letters and to initiate legal action for injunctive relief against companies violating the law 's provisions. The draft Act targets the data handling practices of companies whose business models are based on the commercialization of data. The draft law plays a pioneering role and pre-empts similar types of class actions that the European Commission has proposed in its draft General Data Protection Regulation. It will now have to pass the legislative process before it can enter into force.

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April 21, 2015
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Changes To The Polish Data Protection Act May Affect Your Compliance Status

As of 1 January, amendments to the Polish Data Protection Act of 29 August 1997 entered into force, following the passing, on 7 November 2014, of the act on the facilitation of conditions regarding the conduct of business activity, which may impact the data compliance status of many companies. The law generally aims to facilitate data controllers' duties and it will amend or supplement existing provisions by providing additional options to fulfill data protection requirements. Some may find it surprising that Poland changed its data protection law now, since the new, relevant EU General Data Protection Regulation is on the way, but the amendment process has been in progress since 2012.

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April 21, 2015
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Scotland Calls For Regular Checks After Agency Worker Lorry Driver Falls Asleep At The Wheel

"Union and opposition leaders in Edinburgh have called for regular checks to be introduced to ensure bin lorry drivers are fit to be on the road after an agency worker twice fell asleep at the wheel. The Edinburgh incident -which is understood not to have been caused by an underlying health issue - happened only weeks after six �pedestrians in Glasgow were killed by a runaway bin lorry. Critics said that temporary drivers drafted in by the city council were too often left ""to get on with the job"" and should be subject to the same stringent vetting procedures as in-house staff. They also backed the introduction of tougher procedures to maintain performance and safety standards, including regular health checks."

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