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In a recent decision, the Spanish DPA recognized the legitimacy of employers to process, without consent, the personal data of worker family members...

In a recent decision, the High Court of Justice of Madrid stated that the temporary installation (source document in Spanish) of video recording cameras at the workplace without notice to the workers is allowed.

On November 20, 2015, the SDPA published its Strategic Plan 2015–2019 (source document in Spanish), which targeted efficiency and optimization of data protection frameworks, alignment with the new European data protection regulations, and annual publications of compliance.

On March 14, the Spanish Data Protection Agency released basic guidelines on protecting against identity theft in telecommunications services.

In light of recent actions against the search engine, the SDPA has been monitoring the search engine's policies with respect to individual information, consent, and exercise of privacy rights.

On November 12, 2015, the Spanish Supreme Court prohibited (source document in Spanish) the maintenance and transfer of files blacklisting workers.

In March, the Spanish DPA (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) adopted a resolution on the Right To Be Forgotten.

On December 11, 2015, the SDPA released a report (source document in Spanish) issuing recommendations on the use of video surveillance in school centers.

Gonzalo F. Gállego, Intellectual Property, Data Protection and Information Technology Partner in the Madrid office

On October 7, the SDPA and Spanish Cybersecurity Institute ("INCIBE") published a Guide to Privacy and Security on the Internet (source document in Spanish).

On November 15, 2015, the Spanish Supreme Court ordered (source document in Spanish) a search engine to take down certain search results of two persons convicted for smuggling in 1985.

Iberian Lawyer TV: Data Protection Rules And Cloud Computing Creating New Risks

Magda Cocco, partner at Vieira de Almeida, says that, with regard to the issue of data protection, it is important to consider the issue of privacy at the beginning of a project rather than at the end, which is when it becomes more of a burden.

Spain's Data Protection Authority, the Agencia Española de Proteccion de Datós ('AEPD'), has issued a deadline of 29 January 2016, for the implementation of alternative mechanisms to Safe Harbor.

Our new Code≠Law series explores the race to regulate the digital world as emerging technologies create tensions between online freedoms and necessary safeguards.

Spain’s constitutional court, the Tribunal Constitucional, made a landmark ruling in the case of Pérez González v. Alcaliber S.A. in early October, finding that companies are permitted to access and monitor employee communications via company IT resources, including emails and texts, as part of investigations into employee misconduct.

In a recent decision of Audencia de Zaragoza in Spain, Mr Everardo was allowed to get off cheaply after exposing on Whatsapp videos that he had taken of his lover, Maria Teresa, whilst she was sleeping nude on his bed.