On 13 June 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care released its new Strategy for the use of health and social care data in the UK (Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data), which should be read in...more
On 18 November 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its long-awaited Guidelines 05/2021 on the interplay between the application of article 3 and the provisions on international transfers as per Chapter V...more
UK pharmaceutical companies have historically relied upon consent as the lawful basis for the disclosure of healthcare professionals’ personal data relating to transfers of value. However, the low consent rates and the...more
Hogan Lovells’ Privacy and Cybersecurity team have made a formal submission to the Information Commissioner’s Office consultation on how organisations can continue to protect people’s personal data when it is transferred...more
On February 19, the European Commission (EC) published the draft of its much hoped-for adequacy decision for transfers of personal data to the UK under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) (Draft Adequacy...more
2/23/2021
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
UK
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) weigh in on the new Standard Contractual Clauses proposed by the European Commission (EC) for transfers to third countries (new...more
2/5/2021
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
EDPS ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
On 21 October 2020 the UK data protection authority (ICO) published a new Right of Access Detailed Guidance (SAR Guidance), following the public consultation on the SAR Draft Guidance (Draft Guidance) which ran from December...more
Updated versions of the UK model Clinical Trial Agreement (mCTA) and the Clinical Research Organisation model Clinical Trial Agreement (CRO-mCTA) have been published. ...more
Following the joint press statement from Commissioner Vera Jourová and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross of 13 September, on 23 October 2019 the European Commission published its report on the third annual review of the...more
Anonymisation has always been (and still is) a real challenge for those carrying out clinical research. To shed some light on this matter, the Medical Research Council (MCR) – which is part of UK Research and Innovation – has...more
10/16/2019
/ Anonymization ,
Clinical Trials ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Guidance ,
Personal Data ,
UK
On 9 July 2019 the UK data protection authority (ICO) updated its Data Sharing Code of Practice (first published in 2011) (Code). On the same day, the ICO also announced its intention to fine Marriott International just over...more
8/5/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data-Sharing ,
Enforcement Actions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Marriott ,
Personal Data ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
UK ,
UK ICO