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Fintech companies identifies cybercrime as a major challenge

The Bank of Lithuania has published the Review on the attitude of the Lithuanian financial...

Investment in fintech boom: Acquiring Fintech Startups goes mainstream

Business growth through acquisition, mergers are particularly felt in the fintech sector recently. Potential buyers...

The European Commission’s adequacy decision on data protection in the United Kingdom

On 28 June 2021, the European Commission announced the adoption of the adequacy decision in...

Strict position of the Court on the level of detail of information provision to the data subject and application of security measures

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania adopted a decision in the case of Secure Nordic...

Internal control will be a key to success for FinTechs in 2021

The Bank of Lithuania announced the report of the payment market for 2020. They also...

International Data Transfer to Third Countries

On 18 June 2021, the European Data protection board (EDPB) adopted Recommendations 01/2020 on measures...

Judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the powers of the national data protection supervisory authorities in other EU states

On 15 June 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) adopted a...

Change to the terms of employment and the need to justify the reasons for the change: the latest case law of the Supreme Court of Lithuania

On 16 June 2021, the Supreme Court of Lithuania (SCL) examined a civil case that...

A fine was imposed on the sports club for violations in the processing of fingerprints of their clients and employees

On 21 June 2021, the State Data Protection Inspectorate (SDPI) imposed a fine of 20...

Appointing a data protection officer is not enough. Not involving DPO into processes may lead into fine

Recently, the Luxembourg data protection authority (National Commission for Data Protection) imposed 18 000 EUR...

The trial period: what should you do to avoid a potential dispute?

The Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania provides the parties to the employment contract...

European Commission’s proposal of eIDAS Regulation amendments has been published. What is relevant for the protection of personal data?

On June 3 2021, the European Commission published proposals for amendments to the Regulation on...

The European Commission adopted Standard Contractual Clauses for safe exchanges of personal data

On 4 June 2021, the European Commission adopted two sets of Standard Contractual Clauses: Standard...

Relocation package for employees from non EU countries

The relocation package for moving from a non-EU country to Lithuania was approved. This package...

The EDPB adopted recommendations on the legal basis for the storage of credit card data

During its plenary session in May, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted the...