On 28 June 2021, just two days before the interim EU-UK data transfer “bridging mechanism” expired under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the European Commission (EC) adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK to...more
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (NPC) announced the adoption of the new Data Security Law (the Law), which will regulate broadly defined data processing activities...more
On 19 May 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) held its plenary session with a busy agenda. The first outcomes of the plenary have now been published by the EDPB....more
On 27 April 2021, the supervisory authority of Portugal (CNPD) issued a resolution that required the National Institute of Statistics (INE) to suspend, within twelve hours, the transfer of data collected as part of the 2021...more
On 14 April 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the outcomes of its 48th plenary session held on 13 April 2021. ...more
In the past weeks, there have been a number of developments related to the consequences of the European Union Court of Justice (CJEU) decision in Schrems II. The most noteworthy developments are summarised below....more
On 10 March 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a press release about its 46th plenary session held on 9 March 2021. We look at some of the highlights below. ...more
The UK has left the European Union (EU), the transition period is over, the UK and EU have agreed a new Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the TCA), so what now for data protection? We look at the key consequences of Brexit for...more
On 28 January 2021, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) released a report on data pseudonymisation techniques (the Report)....more
On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long-awaited decision in the case Planet49 (Case C-673/17). The decision clarifies the requirements for valid cookie consent under Directive...more
10/3/2019
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Cookies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
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Virtually all evidence, whether in litigation or arbitration or relating to investigations carried out by regulators or enforcement authorities, will contain some personal data. A year on from the EU General Data Protection...more
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (universally known as GDPR) has become ubiquitous. Less understood is what GDPR means for disputes and contentious regulatory/enforcement matters. Virtually all evidence, whether in...more
The General Data Protection Regulation takes effect from 25 May 2018, and will require significant planning and preparation by UK pension schemes. Although many of the basic concepts set out in the GDPR will be familiar,...more
After over three years of discussions at many levels, it is now clear that the proposed EU data protection framework will be revised, and that it will be in the form of a Regulation – the General Data Protection Regulation....more
After the controversial Google Spain decision (which besides the right to be forgotten also dealt with applicable law rules), the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down another important – and yet again rather...more
10/16/2015
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Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Debt Collection ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Hungary ,
International Data Transfers ,
Internet ,
Internet Privacy ,
Ireland ,
Member State ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Online Advertisements ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Real Estate Market ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework ,
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The discussions between the EU and the U.S. on the Safe Harbor mechanism seemed to be almost there, but this morning the EU Court of Justice’s Advocate General Yves Bot has set the cat among the pigeons in his Opinion on the...more
9/24/2015
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Data Protection Authority ,
Edward Snowden ,
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Facebook ,
International Data Transfers ,
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Social Media ,
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US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
To become law, the proposed text will need to be adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers (i.e. ‘ordinary legislative procedure’). In March 2014, the European Parliament voted in plenary and...more