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Life with GDPR - Changes to UK Data Protection Regime

Jonathan Armstrong and I return for another episode of Life with GDPR to discuss the changes in the UK Data Privacy regime currently proposed in the wake of Brexit. Some of the highlights include: Why are these changes so...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

UK Announces Post-Brexit Data Reform Bill

Does this signal the beginning of the end of the GDPR in the UK or simply a reframing of approach? The UK Government has announced a new Data Reform Bill, part of a series of legislative changes aimed at obtaining a “Brexit...more

Mayer Brown

Beyond Brexit: How Does the New Relationship between the UK and EU Affect Technology Transactions?

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The end of the Brexit transition period and the implementation of the new UK/EU Trade Agreement have had a significant impact on technology transactions throughout Europe. Businesses entering into Europe-wide technology...more

Cooley LLP

Cooley Privacy Talks: UK Privacy Update

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Post-Brexit, the UK is no longer a member state of the European Union, meaning that the data protection regime that applies to UK-related processing is separate from – but currently remains similar to – that which applies to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch

We’re checking in with our Europe-based expert on the latest European updates and upcoming changes for the third quarter of 2021 including updates on Brexit, European Union (EU) data protection policies, block exemption...more

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EU Expected to Approve UK’s Data Privacy Regime

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Following Brexit, the European Commission is working on an adequacy decision concerning the UK, which will be announced before the end of June 2021. This is good news for businesses as it will make transfer of personal data...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Implications for Life Sciences Companies

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The agreement provides guidance across several areas for the life sciences sector, though gaps remain. The widely anticipated EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the Agreement) came into effect on 1 January 2021 after...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Data Protection Representatives and NIS Representatives

The end of the Brexit transition period is now upon us. Whilst the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) is retained in domestic law with minimal amendment, the so-called 'UK GDPR' has some key changes that...more

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EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Provides a Grace Period for Free Flow of Personal Data

After the political and constitutional upheaval of the last four years that has been Brexit, a trade deal - the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - was finally reached between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

10 Key Focus Areas for UK-Regulated Financial Services Firms in 2021

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In last year’s publication we highlighted the top regulatory focus areas for our clients during 2020, concentrating on wholesale market structures and conduct risk. This publication outlines the primary focus areas in...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Check Your Paperwork: EU-UK Data Flows In A Post-Brexit Data World

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The UK left the EU on January 31, 2020. On Christmas Eve, the two parties signed a Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Under the Agreement, EU personal data can be processed in the UK for six months. The European Commission will...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.11.2020 | Top Story: Banner Airbnb Public Trading Debut Has Some Worrying About Tech Bubble

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Because too much of a good thing is always trouble (especially on Wall Street), market watchers are warning of a new tech bubble after Airbnb’s monster IPO on Thursday. The home-sharing app’s shares rose more than 112% to...more

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Cross-Border Data Transfers and the EU-US Data Privacy Tug of War

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Melina Efstathiou of Eversheds joins Bill and Rob to discuss this summer’s surprise decision by the European Court of Justice invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield. The three will also dive into the current state of other...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

EU Data Localization Would Hurt U.S. Businesses

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Stung by Brexit and set adrift by a neglectful U.S. foreign policy, the European Union has started to explore new ways of breaking away from the rest of the world, including taking steps to cordon EU data into locally managed...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Brexit Readiness: Possible Key Impacts of the Conclusion of the Transition Period on 31 December 2020

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On 31 January 2020, the UK left the European Union and entered a transition period that is due to end at 11:00 pm GMT on 31 December 2020. At this point, it is still uncertain whether a new EU/UK deal will be reached. To...more

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UK Private Equity: Horizon Scanning for 2021

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In a year dominated by the pandemic, it is easy to lose sight of some of the more granular legal developments and trends coming over the horizon for 2021 which, in their own ways, can also have a significant impact on the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

International News: Focus on Global Privacy and Cybersecurity - September 2020

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Generally, contact tracing refers to an effort by public health officials to identify individuals with whom a patient who has tested positive for an infectious disease has been in close proximity. Public health officials will...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The Logical Conclusion to an Illogical Conclusion: Schrems May Forbid Data Commerce from the EU to the US

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The world just received the newest pronouncement from the EU Court of Justice, in a decision known as Schrems II, and the legal opinion extends the data war declared on the United States in the first Schrems decision....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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Compliance Perspectives: Compliance, GDPR and Brexit

Remember Brexit? It dominated the news before the pandemic. And while it may not be on the front page any longer, the clock is still ticking down to the end of the transition period on December 31, 2020. As Andre Bywater of...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.30.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Pays $550 Million to Resolve Privacy Class Action Over Use of Facial...

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Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit claiming that Zuck & Co.’s use of facial recognition technology violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law. Though the settlement is little more than “a...more

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AG Says ePrivacy Applies to Government Access to Communications Data

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On January 15, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) Advocate General (AG) Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered his Opinion on four references for preliminary rulings on the topic of retention of and access...more

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Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Brexit, Data Flows and Cybersecurity

Editors’ Note: This is the third in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entries discussed the CCPA and threats to the energy grid....more

Morgan Lewis

Life Sciences International Review - Q2 2019

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EU – REGULATORY - Brexit, Notified Bodies, and Medical Devices - The House of Commons Library published a briefing paper on June 12 on the UK’s product standards and safety marking compliance in light of Brexit. In the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2019

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine new cybersecurity legislation in California and Massachusetts, the British government's updates to its cybersecurity laws in anticipation of Brexit and...more

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