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Major ECJ decision confirms when data may be anonymous in the hands of third parties

On 4 September, the ECJ handed down a major and eagerly awaited decision on the scope of personal data, accepting the point that pseudonymised data may be anonymised in the hands of a third party. The ECJ’s approach is...more

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EDPB Issues Guidelines on Processing Personal Data for Legitimate Interests Purposes

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The draft guidelines provide further clarification to the EDPB’s interpretation of legitimate interests, and suggest a potential divergence with the UK ICO....more

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EU and UK Data Protection Regulatory Trends so far in 2024: a focus on AI

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This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of data...more

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The UK-US Data Bridge: Practical Considerations for UK Organisations

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The UK-US Data Bridge (the "Data Bridge") has now come into effect, potentially simplifying transfers of personal data from the UK to the US. On 12 October 2023, the Data Bridge took effect. The Data Bridge allows UK...more

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CJEU Rejects Minimum Threshold for GDPR Claims

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The court determined that mere infringement of the GDPR is insufficient for a damages claim, but that there is no minimum threshold for non-material damages. In a recent judgment (Case C-300/21), the Court of Justice of...more

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Österreichische Post: The CJEU Specifies the Requirements for Compensation for Breaches of the GDPR

On 4 May 2023, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered its highly anticipated judgement in Österreichische Post (Case C-300/21) on a crucial issue: the extent to which data subjects affected by a breach of the GDPR...more

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Update on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

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On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) implementing the new trans-Atlantic EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). The EU-U.S. DPF, previously announced by President Biden and the...more

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Europe OPTS for Pragmatism with New SCCS and ICO Opens Consultations on UK SCCS — What Companies Need to Do Next

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The dust has settled on the new EU standard contractual clauses for cross-border data transfers (“New SCCs”), but confusion still reins on how the New SCCs cover data transfers and what companies need to do to take advantage...more

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New Standard Contractual Clauses and Final EDPB Recommendations - Next Steps

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Companies have three months to prepare to use the latest standard contractual clauses for new data transfers, and 18 months to migrate existing arrangements. On 4 June 2021, the European Commission released its...more

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Employment News: data protection, Brexit, furlough

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Tell me more – ICO publishes detailed subject access guidance - The ICO has published detailed guidance for handling subject access requests. This is relevant to employers responding to subject access requests from...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Further Tension Between National Security and Protecting Privacy: Latest EU Judgments

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2020

In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver...

There is a lot currently happening in the European Union. From the latest European Court opinions with respect to merger clearance, dominance violations, data protection and state aid to Brexit, we’re checking in with our...more

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UK MRC Clarifies When Health Data Is Anonymised in Research Context

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Research participants must identify which data sets constitute personal data to ensure compliance with the GDPR. The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) has published a useful guidance note on the identifiability,...more

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The Privacist - Volume 1

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BREXIT: DEAL OR NO-DEAL? DATA IS THE QUESTION - With the Brexit deadline looming ahead on 31 October 2019, the situation seemingly reaches new levels of uncertainty every day. Last week, the U.K. Supreme Court’s eleven...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2019

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine five amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act, the EU Court of Justice's rulings on the "Right to Be Forgotten" and what qualifies as a joint...more

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The CJEU Gives the UK Government Another Brexit Dilemma

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In yet another key case dealing with the balance between citizens’ privacy and the ability of the state to intrude into it, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled on the compatibility with European Union...more

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Brexit: Preparing for the Unknown — Practical steps

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The UK’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has said: “The country voted to leave the European Union, and as prime minister I will make sure that we leave the European Union.” That seems like a clear statement, but the...more

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EU Retail News - July 2016

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BREXIT – THE NEXT STEPS - Despite the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, companies doing business in the UK can still continue to trade with the European Union in exactly the same way as they have done in the past –...more

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Data Retention Questions Referred to the European Court for Clarification

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Mass surveillance has been under scrutiny yet again since the UK Court of Appeal, on 20 November 2015, asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to clarify whether it intended to “lay down mandatory requirements...more

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