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UK Corporate Briefing - September 2024

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss...more

Walkers

Personal Information Protection Act deep dive

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The Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA") comes into full force on 1 January 2025. All organisations in Bermuda are expected to be in compliance with it by that date – time is running out! The Privacy Commissioner...more

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Recent Enforcement Trends Regarding the Use of Off-Channel Communications on Personal Devices

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What U.K. Firms Need to Know - INTRODUCTION - Over the past decade, the use of messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, for business purposes as an alternative to traditional email has grown exponentially. Ease of use...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Key Developments in Privacy & Cybersecurity - Issue 47

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FTC Settles with Rite Aid on its Use of AI and Processing of Biometric Information - The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), on December 19, 2023, announced that it had reached a settlement with Rite Aid Corporation (“Rite...more

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Information Commissioner’s Office Issues Guidance on How to Keep Employment Records: What You Need to Know

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The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office recently issued guidance on how to keep employment records. This is good advise for employers beyond Europe (and particularly in California). The data retention...more

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DSIR Deeper Dive: How International and Domestic Regulatory Enforcement Spotlights the Information Governance Tensions Between...

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As we noted in our 2023 DSIR, there has been a flurry of activity within the information governance space, at home and abroad. This activity deserves further analysis, because while it seems from a distance that there are...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Österreichische Post: The CJEU Specifies the Requirements for Compensation for Breaches of the GDPR

On 4 May 2023, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered its highly anticipated judgement in Österreichische Post (Case C-300/21) on a crucial issue: the extent to which data subjects affected by a breach of the GDPR...more

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Data Protection in the British Virgin Islands

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The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Data Protection Act, 2021 ("DPA") came into force on 9 July 2021. It was introduced so the BVI would have a data protection framework which is broadly similar to EU and UK standards. To...more

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“One Size Fits All” Data Retention Policies: A Unicorn for International Employers?

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Employers often want to have a data retention policy that works for all of their international operations. We look at the challenges with this approach and how to make it work in practice....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - April to June 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata - the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 11, December 2020

Brexit Effects on Trademarks Beginning January 1 - Trademark owners with registrations in EU where the UK is designated should soon receive notification for treatment of registrations and applications following the Brexit...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Further Tension Between National Security and Protecting Privacy: Latest EU Judgments

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

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New UK FCA filing requirements – register now!

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The FCA is launching a new National Storage Mechanism (NSM) portal, currently scheduled for 6 April 2020. Under the new system, all submitters to the NSM will be required to have an ESS (Electronic Submission System)...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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UK Government Has Six Months To Rewrite Investigatory Powers Act 2016

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The English High Court has held that Part 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (the “IPA 2016”) is incompatible with EU law in the area of criminal justice. Dubbed the “snooper’s charter” by its critics, the IPA 2016 has...more

K&L Gates LLP

Investigatory Powers Act 2016: How to Prepare For A Digital Age

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The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (the “Act”) received Royal Assent on 29 November 2016. It comes into force in part in January 2017. Its main provisions include granting powers to ministers to issue warrants for intrusive...more

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EU court strikes down security legislation over privacy concerns

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A recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) imposes restrictions on the use by member states’ law enforcement and national security agencies of telecommunication traffic and location records as...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - December, 2016 #3

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: 'Regtech' startups see more business in Trump era - Startups are beginning to react to the looming possibility of deregulation under the incoming...more

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CJEU holds that mass surveillance must not be general and indiscriminate

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The CJEU (the European Union Court of Justice) has handed down a decision which makes clear that general and indiscriminate retention of electronic communications is unlawful. National legislation of each European Member...more

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The CJEU Gives the UK Government Another Brexit Dilemma

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In yet another key case dealing with the balance between citizens’ privacy and the ability of the state to intrude into it, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled on the compatibility with European Union...more

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The Court of Justice of the European Union Limits the Scope of National Data Retention Laws

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On December 21, 2016, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down another important judgment regarding data privacy in the European Union. The court held that under the Charter on Fundamental...more

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UK Surveillance Bill Becomes Law

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On November 29, 2016, the United Kingdom’s controversial surveillance bill received royal assent and officially became law. The nearly 300-page law, known as the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, replaces and expands upon the...more

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New Agreement on Privacy Shield Set to Become Final in Early July

On June 24, 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reached a final agreement with the United States on the terms of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which will permit U.S. companies to transfer the personal data of...more

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Draft Investigatory Powers Bill 2015

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On 4 November 2015 the Home Secretary published a Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (the “Bill”), emphasising its importance in combating the increasingly sophisticated communication technologies used by criminals to intercept,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Spies, Hacking & Civil Liberties in the UK

In late 2015, Theresa May, the UK Home Secretary introduced the Investigatory Powers Bill (the “Bill”). Mrs May stated that the Bill was introduced to ensure that surveillance laws are “modern, fit for purpose and can...more

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