On April 1, 2020, the U.K. Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, the first class action-type claim concerning a data breach in the U.K.. In this...more
4/9/2020
/ Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Misconduct ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
UK ,
UK Data Protection Act ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Vicarious Liability
We reported in July 2019 that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) heard a case brought by privacy-rights activist Max Schrems, challenging the validity of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which are widely...more
12/24/2019
/ Advocate General ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On 15 July 2019, an unprecedented cyber-attack in Bulgaria was announced. Hackers have stolen data from the National Revenue Agency (“NRA”) relating to around 70% of Bulgaria’s population, including foreign nationals and...more
7/22/2019
/ Bulgaria ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Investigations ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation