EU finds UK has adequate protections for personal data
On 28 June 2021, the EU Commission found that the UK provides adequate protection for personal data, enabling personal to freely flow from the EU …
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Using the new EU standard clauses to enable cross-border data export
From 27 June 2021, organisations will be able to adopt new ‘standard contractual clauses’ (SCCs) to permit lawful export of personal data from the EU …
EU and UK set out digital plans for coming decade
The European Commission has proposed a ‘digital compass’ to set its course for a digitally empowered Europe by 2030. The UK’s Department for Culture Media …
Europe progresses revised ePrivacy rules
EU progresses revised ePrivacy Regulation
Data export: EU provides more clarity after Schrems II
In documents published last week, the EU provided some welcome clarity on how organisations should address the invalidation of Privacy Shield as a basis for …
EDPB guidance on ‘supplemental measures’ for data export
On 10 November, the European Data Protection Board adopted a recommendation on supplemental measures which might be used to ensure compliance with the EU level …
Prospect of increased regulation in UK for digital giants
The Competition and Markets Authority, the UK Competition regulator, has said it will act against Facebook and Google if the government doesn’t set up a …
European Data Protection Board releases updated controller / processor guidance for comment
Are you sure you are a data processor? Introduction On 7 September 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), successor to the ‘article 29 working …
Europe proposes lower voice termination rates
On 25 August 2020, the European Commission proposed a regulation to set Europe-wide (lower) voice termination rates of 0.2 euro cents per minute for mobile …
EU and US start work on enhanced Privacy Shield: Mr Schrems to be persuaded…
On 10 August 2020, Following the European Court’s Schrems II judgment invalidating the US Privacy Shield (and calling into question the legal basis for other …