On 27 April 2016, following a prolonged legislative process over some four years, the European Council and Parliament finally adopted a new data protection law: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR was...more
Two-thirds of large UK companies have come under cyber attack in the past year, according to the UK Government, and a quarter have been attacked at least once a month. But only half have taken any recommended actions to...more
The European Commission announced an agreement in principle on a new framework for data transfers to replace the “Safe Harbor” arrangement that had governed data flows between the United States and Europe for the past 15...more
In our recent OnPoint, we reported that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared that the “Safe Harbor,” upon which many companies in the EU and U.S. relied to share data both within and outside of their...more
In our recent update, we reported that the Advocate General (“AG”) to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the highest court in the EU, gave an opinion that “safe harbor” should be declared invalid and that...more
10/6/2015
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Data Protection Commissioner ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Safe Harbors ,
Self-Certification ,
Surveillance ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In an important case involving Facebook, and instigated by an Austrian student in response to the Snowden revelations about US security agency access to mass data, the Advocate General (“AG”) to the Court of Justice of the...more
9/24/2015
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Data Protection ,
Data Protection Commissioner ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
Personal Data ,
Safe Harbors ,
Surveillance
The English Court of Appeal recently gave judgement in a case arising out of the tracking of Internet behaviour via a web browser. In Vidal-Hall v Google1, the Court of Appeal found that...more
Court defines its territorial reach and obliges Google to remove “old” unwanted personal data from web search results -
In a landmark ruling on 13 May 2014,1 the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the...more
The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (the “New Regulations”) will come into force on 13 June 2014 in the United Kingdom, revising the way that many traders will have to...more
The Federal Trade Commission has flexed its muscles in relation to the Safe Harbor privacy framework, but has it done enough to placate European sceptics?
The US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced on 21 January...more
Introduction -
Multinational corporations increasingly have a need to share their data throughout their group. Often this will be necessary to service international clients or to coordinate marketing efforts....more
It is widely (and incorrectly!) believed that it is unlawful in the UK in any circumstances to monitor and record telephone calls without drawing this to the attention of the parties to the call. There are in fact broad...more
Introduction -
On 24 January 2013, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) served Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (“Sony”) with a monetary penalty of £250,000 following a serious breach of data security...more