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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
The UN General Assembly has adopted a landmark resolution focusing on the safe, secure, and trustworthy use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This resolution, led by the United States and supported by over 120 Member States,...more
On January 18, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (the "EDPB") issued the Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access (the "Draft Guidelines"), laying out its interpretation of Article 15 GDPR on the...more
The European Union has already enacted several Directives to allow (or mandate) the possibility for companies to access and re-use the data held by EU public administrations in the European Union. However, in many cases this...more
On 27 August 2021, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) formally recognised the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) for international transfers from Switzerland to third countries if...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
Earlier this year, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued additional guidance on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in the area of scientific health research. In key takeaways...more
On 10 February 2021, over two and a half years after the anticipated adoption of the e-Privacy Regulation, European Member States have agreed to a revised text. Portending a potential break in the three-year impasse, the...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
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
As contactless transactions boom, EU regulators publish draft guidelines on the interplay between the GDPR and PSD2. Last year, more than half of all payments in the UK were made by card and contactless methods, while cash...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
The European Data Protection Supervisor, the independent European Union authority responsible for data protection regulatory oversight, issued a preliminary opinion on data protection and scientific research. The Opinion...more
The Situation: The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union ("EU") on 31 October 2019. Negotiations between member states of the EU excluding the United Kingdom ("EU27") and the United Kingdom are ongoing, but it is...more
With a “no-deal” scenario looking increasingly more likely, what steps should businesses be taking in relation to their data protection compliance regimes to prepare for 31 October this year?...more
The European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") has published guidelines on the use of the certification mechanism under the GDPR. Certifications are intended to help businesses provide evidence of compliance with the GDPR. The...more
Why does this topic matter to organisations? Although a key aim of the GDPR is to harmonise data protection law across the EU, there are a number of areas in which the GDPR leaves it to Member States to adopt their own...more
Why does this topic matter to organisations? Under the Directive, organisations were obliged to deal with a separate DPA for each Member State whose laws apply to them. This meant that businesses faced a range of...more
Why does this topic matter to organisations? National Data Protection Authorities ("DPAs") are appointed to implement and enforce data protection law, and to offer guidance. As set out in Chapter 16, DPAs have significant...more
March 29, 2019, less than 30 days from now, is the date the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union. Despite more than two years of negotiations over the nature of the relationship that will exist from March...more
It has been six months since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 25, 2018, but the law is still in the early implementation stage. As discussed in a previous blog post, the GDPR...more
The Situation: The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") has raised questions regarding the scope of coverage and protection afforded by current cyber policies, especially with respect to potential GDPR...more
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now in effect. On the 25th of May, the day the GDPR took effect, Commissioner Jourová made a speech at the General Data Protection Regulation conference to mark the beginning...more