On 28 January 2021, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) released a report on data pseudonymisation techniques (the Report)....more
Following months of protracted negotiations and coming four and a half years after the UK voted to leave the EU, 24 December 2020 saw the EU and UK finally agree the shape of their future relationship. While the Trade and...more
In today’s digital economy, rather than doing it alone, many organisations are finding that collaboration is a faster route to driving innovation or building new business models.
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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 ,
Popular
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
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The topic of cybersecurity is seldom out of the press these days, occupying the minds of business leaders and politicians alike. From a business perspective, the ideal outcome would be to...more
On 18 December 2015, the agreed text of the Network and Information Security Directive (the NIS Directive) was released. With cybersecurity firmly established as a key business risk, the introduction of specific laws in this...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
Huge uncertainty has been caused by the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 6 October that the Safe Harbor decision by the European Commission is invalid. Many companies which previously...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 ,
Websites
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
/ Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Social Media ,
Surveillance ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Regulators, courts and law enforcement authorities in the U.S. (and other jurisdictions around the globe) have an insatiable appetite for access to data held by a range of companies, including in particular financial...more
9/16/2015
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Cloud Computing ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
Financial Institutions ,
Government Investigations ,
Internet Retailers ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Law Enforcement ,
Risk Management ,
Telecommunications ,
Umbrella Agreement
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
The EFPIA Disclosure Code will, from 2016, require pharmaceutical companies to disclose details of payments and transfers of value made to healthcare professionals and healthcare organisations. The Code aims to promote,...more
Her comment has been echoed by many market participants who have predicted that we are seeing the first wave of large traditional companies leveraging digital platforms and tools to drive growth and innovation. These...more
6/6/2014
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Crowdsourcing ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Health ,
Games ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Mobile Apps ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Social Networks ,
Wearable Technology