Portugal recently approved significant changes to the country's telework regime. Law N° 83/2021, which took effect on January 1, 2022, (i) provides a new definition of telework...

On 29 February 2016, the European Commission approved a new package of legal texts on transatlantic data flows to be known as the «EU-US Privacy Shield».

The Portuguese data protection authority issued a recent resolution ordering the Portuguese National Institute of Statistics (or INE) to stop sending personal census information to any countries outside of the EU.

The Portuguese National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) imposed a fine of 107 thousand euros on Deco Proteste Editores, Lda for sending unsolicited emails for direct marketing.

In an atypical year like 2020, the Portuguese National Data Protection Commission (henceforth 'CNPD') has made every effort to fulfil its role. In fact, despite the postponement ...

The Portuguese legislature has passed a law allowing employers to monitor the body temperature of employees before coming to work.

"Personal Data Step-by-Step – How to prepare your company for the New Data Protection Regulation" is a new legal advice service coordinated by PLMJ partner Daniel Reis

On 23 January 2015, the Portuguese National Data Protection Agency (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados – "CNPD") issued a communication with its guidelines on the impact of the judgment of 6 October 2015 ..

On 14 April 2016, the European Parliament adopted the text of the new Data Protection Regulation, which will be published in the official journal in the coming days.

Although remote work was already a tendency, the Covid-19 pandemic forced companies and employees to try remote work.

The Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD) has recently issued guidelines on the rules regarding remote control of employees on telework, and on the possibility of companies directly monitoring

Banco Nacional de Angola ("BNA") has recently published Notice 8/23 of 17 July. In accordance with and for the purposes of Article 148 of the Law on the General Regime...

Decree-Law 85/2024 was published on 4 November 2024 to ensure the implementation into Portuguese law of Regulation (EU) 2018/1807 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018.

The European Commission's adequacy decision in relation to the new rules on transfer to the United States of the data of data subjects who are citizens of the European Union.

Portugal began 2016 in a complex political and economic climate: a new Government, a new President and an economy still coming out of a deep crisis.

According to the CNPD, the majority of the most frequent attacks affect personal data and result in data breaches that require the application of the provisions of the General Data Protection...

In May 2022, the European Commission submitted a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Health Data Space ("EHDS").

A informação sensível que chega através de um canal de denúncia deve ser absolutamente protegida", diz Gunilla Hadders.

In this Circular, the APD instructs public and private entities that process personal data to "scrupulously" comply with the rules contained in (i) the Law on the Protection of Personal Data...

Managing the CoVid-19 outbreak and stopping its spread is now a global challenge. In addition to the significant medical and health responses underway around the world, governments, public...