The Polish DPO has adopted a sectoral inspection plan for 2023 according to which inspections in 2023 will focus on the following...

Data protection in Poland now includes an updated "black list" of operations requiring an impact assessment

In December 2023, the President of the Polish Office for Personal Data Protection approved the "Code of Conduct for the Health Sector" prepared by the Polish Federation of Hospitals.

On 22 February 2024, the Supreme Audit Office in Poland (the "NIK") published the results of inspections carried out in several local government bodies.

On 3 April 2019, the President of Poland signed the Act of 21 February 2019 on amending certain acts in connection with ensuring the application of the GDPR.

According to the Statement, the competent authority with respect to the ePrivacy Regulation should be the data protection office.

Recently, a groundbreaking ruling was issued in Poland by the Supreme Administrative Court regarding the matter of whether companies must delete candidates...

The company has already informed that it will appeal the decision.

Personal data must be processed in such a manner which guarantees proper security and protection against potential leaks or loss of data.

In the first half of March, the President of the Personal Data Protection Authority (PDPA) responded to the Minister for European Union Affairs on whether the judgment...

The Polish DPA has recently issued a statement to the effect that all companies which previously relied on Safe Harbor program must be able to demonstrate a valid legal basis...

Poland's data protection authority, the Generalny Inspektor Ochrony Danych Osobowych (GIODO), recently issued its opinion on the continued validity of personal data transfers to the US.

The fine was so low because under Polish law the maximum fine for infringement of data protection law that can be imposed on a public cultural institution is PLN 10,000.

A simplified form for registering a database with the Polish data protection authority (GIODO) will be introduced on 10 February 2009.

On 19 September 2019, the Polish Personal Data Protection Office ("UODO") announced the imposition highest fine to date for violation of personal data protection regulations.

New Polish data protection legislation entered into force on 4 May 2019. The legislation introduces amendments to 162 existing sectoral acts to ensure compliance with the GDPR.

From 2011, the General Inspector for Personal Data Protection (GIODO) will be able to impose fines for non-compliance with its decisions.

On Monday, January 15th, 2018, in the Column Hall of the Polish Parliament, the Ministry of Digitalization organized a meeting to summarize the public consultations on the package of legislative changes...

Moreover, various industry codes have been created that specify how data is to be protected.

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), the Spanish data protection authority, took an important decision which can have bearing on the future of the online advertising