Data Protection Representative

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Article 27

Clearview AI fined €600,000 in Italy for failure to appoint GDPR Article 27 Representative

Over the last couple of years, Clearview AI has been investigated and sanctioned by a number of EU data protection authorities for their uncompliant data processing activities. Italy’s contribution appears to be the most significant yet, and for the first time includes sanction for Clearview’s ongoing failure to appoint a Representative in the EU, as required by GDPR Article 27.

15th March 2022

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Article 27

LocateFamily.com fined €525,000 – GDPR Article 27 Representative Enforcement Action

The Dutch Data Protection Authority has issued a fine of €525,000 against a website which has failed to appoint an EU Representative for the purposes

12th May 2021

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Article 27

Auditing GDPR compliance of vendors, and undertaking cross-border transfer assessments, post-Schrems II

Most business sectors have a figurehead – someone who is pushing the boundaries and making people think about how the products and services of that

17th September 2020

Article 27

Brexit and the Representative – GDPR in the City?

Brexit has been a curious mixture of simple messages and complex legal effects. Today – writing around 7 months after Brexit and 4 months before

10th September 2020

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Article 27

EDPB finalises guidelines for GDPR Article 27 EU Representative

Please note that this article only addresses the changes to section 4 of EDPB guidelines 03/2018, in respect of the EU Data Protection Representative appointed

15th November 2019

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Article 27

The GDPR EU Representative under Article 27 – what it is, when you need one and Brexit effects

First published in Privacy Laws & Business UK Report, March 2019. under the headline “GDPR EU Representative – the “hidden obligation” and Brexit”, see www.privacylaws.com

27th March 2019