DPO RULES IN BRAZIL: KEY DIFFERENCES THAT EUROPEAN COMPANIES NEED TO KNOW

While Brazil’s General Data Protection Law - LGPD and Europe’s GDPR share many similarities, key differences can significantly impact companies, particularly those with European companies that have appointed a global DPO to oversee their…

Information and Communications Technology (ICT): Making Public Money Work Harder

On 5 September the head of the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO), Gareth Davies, published an Insights article entitled ‘Here’s how to make public money work harder’. The article draws attention to the scale of the challenge the new…

Deduction for double taxation on foreign inheritances for Spanish residents: Do I have to pay inheritance tax in both countries?

When receiving an inheritance from abroad while being a tax resident in Spain, several important aspects must be borne in mind so that the process is handled correctly and all the legal and tax obligations are met. In our previous…

GDPR in practice (N°2): GDPR disputes in Belgium: the voluntary nature of Mediation

If you’re facing a data protection problem in Belgium and you assess that it requires intervention from the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “APD/GBA”), one available option (rather than lodging a complaint) is to request a mediation…

GDPR in practice (N°1): New tools for settling data protection disputes?

The EU Commission launched its second (four yearly) evaluation report on the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) on 25 July. Ahead of its second evaluation[1], the EU Commission requested the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights…

AGM Abogados advises Fleury Michon in a successful international operation with Familia Martínez

AGM Abogados is proud to have been part of the legal team that advised Fleury Michon, S.A., a prominent leader in the French food sector, on the sale of 50% of the shares of Platos Tradicionales, S.A. to Torrent Fimer, S.L., a company belonging…

Vanesa Alarcón interviews Sarah Joyce, CEO of AVIXA

On July 4th, Vanesa Alarcón Caparrós, Partner in the TMT & IP department at AGM Abogados, participated in the activity “A chat with…” as part of the programme “Diversity multiplies”, organised by the Audiovisual Cluster…

Suspension of Meta's Privacy Policy in Brazil: Impacts on the Use of Personal Data in Generative AI

Recently, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) voted to suspend the application of Meta's new privacy policy in Brazil, as this policy might violate Brazil's General Data Protection Law (LGPD). Based on an analysis of the…

What will change exactly ‘in and with’ the Golden Visa?

Since the surprise announcement by Spanish President Pedro Sánchez on April 8th to eliminate the Golden Visa, there has been much speculation about how and when this change would happen. With the presentation by one of…