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Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
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In recent weeks, the EU and UK have both introduced changes to their respective versions of Europe’s landmark privacy legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These reforms mark the first substantial...more
On 19 March 2025, the European Data Protection Board published an updated procedure for co-operation between EU data protection supervisory authorities approving GDPR Binding Corporate Rules for intra-group transfers of EU...more
On April 24, 2024, the European Parliament adopted the final text of two new directives, namely: the Platform Work Directive, aimed at improving working conditions and protection of personal data for those engaged in...more
Whistleblowing in Europe has been governed by country-specific regulations, some of which differed widely in terms of content. A number of Member States did not even have a dedicated generally applicable protection system in...more
When it comes to website privacy compliance, cookies have consistently presented the most fraught issues for U.S. businesses. This is especially true for those businesses that find themselves in a sometimes new or often...more
On November 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the Network and Information Security 2 Directive (NIS 2 Directive), replacing the current NIS Directive (Directive 2016/1148/EC). On 27 December 2022,...more
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, delivered the Queen’s speech in which he announced that the government will be introducing the so-called Brexit Freedoms Bill, which was first announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on...more
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different...more
The European Commission published a draft Adequacy Decision for the UK on 19 February. That document remains in draft, though it is understood to have successfully cleared the last formal approval stage required....more
The regulation of cookies and similar tracking technologies is rapidly evolving, not only in the European Union and United Kingdom but also in the United States and globally. If you have visited a website recently, you might...more
The end of the Brexit transition period is upon us. As of 1 January 2021, the UK is a 'third country' under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), though the transition period has been extended for up to six months...more
The UK left the EU on January 31, 2020. On Christmas Eve, the two parties signed a Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Under the Agreement, EU personal data can be processed in the UK for six months. The European Commission will...more
With the end of the Brexit transition period around the corner, companies doing business in the EU and UK must prepare for data protection change – and not only international data transfers. Our Privacy & Data Security Team...more
United Kingdom, French and Belgian national security laws (and such laws of other EU Member States) fell under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on October 6, 2020, ruled on whether such...more
Data centre operators in Europe could benefit from Brexit and have already been preparing for years for precisely this scenario, including by expanding such data centre capacities in Continental Europe....more
The United Kingdom (UK) finally left the EU on 31 January 2020. The withdrawal agreement provides for the UK to continue to be treated largely as an EU member state until the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020,...more
With Parliament prorogued and the Government suggesting it may ignore legislation obliging it to request a further Brexit extension from Brussels, it remains a possibility that the UK may leave the EU on 31 October 2019...more
The Situation: Protecting intangible property can be extremely challenging, but significant and effective tools are available under English law to minimize significant harm to entities that have been victimized by a data...more
Companies should identify data flows, implement a data transfer solution, and update internal documents and privacy notices. Since our blog on “What a “No Deal” Brexit Means for UK Data Privacy”, the European Data...more
Subject to the deadlock in parliament being broken, or an extension of the Article 50 Brexit process, the UK’s 46-year European Union membership will cease in a matter of days. ...more
Amid the constitutional and political uncertainties surrounding the Brexit process, the UK Government has provided welcome assurance on the data protection front. ...more
The Prime Minister has given the clearest indication yet of what the UK will seek in the Brexit negotiations. Access to each side’s markets is going to be less than it is today. ...more
The UK Government has published a statement of intent containing details of its proposed Data Protection Bill. The full text of the Bill is expected in September 2017, when the UK Parliament returns from its summer break. ...more
Latest Developments - On 29 March 2017, the UK government delivered the formal notice to the other EU Member States that it is leaving the EU. The Brexit process is now formally under way. Companies of all sizes can...more
According to the UK's new information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, who was interviewed by the BBC, the UK “should adopt forthcoming EU data protection laws, despite its plan to leave the Union”. The new EU data...more