Europe progresses revised ePrivacy rules
EU progresses revised ePrivacy Regulation
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UK proposes statutory backing for Huawei 5G ban
On 24 November 2020, the UK Government started the legislative process for a new Telecoms (Security) law which will, when passed into law, provide statutory …
Ofcom sets 4 December deadline for UK 5G spectrum auction applications
In a notice published today, 18 November 2020, Ofcom specified that the days for receipt of applications to participate in the 2021 UK 5G spectrum …
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 …
US restrictions sound death knell for Huawei?
The US has updated its rules to prevent Huawei’s access to commercially available chips that use US technology in a move that could sound the …
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 …