‘Contact tracing’ is a process used by public health officials to identify individuals who may have come into close proximity with a contagious virus, such as COVID-19. Traditionally, infected persons are asked to identify...more
DPC has echoed concerns of other regulators around the use of tracking, analytics and marketing cookies by companies.
The Irish Data Protection Commission has issued new cookies and tracking Guidance and a Report following...more
UK Supreme Court ruled this week in favour of retailer facing vicarious liability class action claims following significant data breach caused by rogue employee. The case is a stark reminder of the responsibilities of...more
This guide has been compiled to give an overview of the rudimentary legal aspects that should be considered by anyone thinking of establishing a business in the UK. It is aimed at businesses that may already be established in...more
1/27/2020
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Business Assets ,
Business Development ,
Business Entities ,
Business Formation ,
Capital Formation ,
Capital Gains ,
Corporate Governance ,
Data Breach ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Debt Collection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Tax ,
Foreign Workers ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Insolvency ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Data Transfers ,
Libor ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Shareholders ,
Startups ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
This guide has been compiled to give an overview of the rudimentary legal aspects that should be considered by anyone thinking of establishing a business in the UK. It is aimed at businesses that may already be established in...more
12/30/2019
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Business Assets ,
Business Formation ,
Capital Formation ,
Choice of Entity ,
Corporate Governance ,
Data Protection ,
Insolvency ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Code ,
UK
In the event of a “no-deal” Brexit, IP rights in the UK will be impacted. However, the UK has put in place various provisions to protect IP rights holders.
Owners of European Union (EU) trade mark registrations,...more
10/29/2019
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Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
European Patent Office ,
European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Patents ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO)
Similarities aside, there are significant differences between the two privacy laws.
The CCPA grants rights to individuals who are residents of California under a definition used for income tax purposes....more
Establishing and Managing a Business in the UK”, authored by the attorneys of Pillsbury’s London office, is a concise and practical guide for foreign investors in the UK. The guide covers key concerns and topics such as...more
5/1/2019
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Commercial Real Estate Contracts ,
Corporate Financing ,
Corporate Governance ,
Data Protection ,
Debt Collection ,
Equity Financing ,
Insolvency ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Registration Requirement ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
How will the new European Union data protection law affect U.S. nonprofit organizations?
Nonprofit organizations based in the U.S. can often handle large amounts of data which originates in the EU—for example, they may...more
4/24/2018
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Data Breach ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Officers (DPOs) ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Nonprofits ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management ,
Websites
NHS and social care organisations in the UK are being encouraged to take a fresh look at public cloud services given the myriad benefits of doing so.
The guidance is timely given the coming into force of the GDPR in May,...more
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing...more
The European Union Court of Justice (“CJEU”) to rule on the validity of Model Contractual Clauses (“MCCs”) following referral by the Irish High Court.
The Irish High Court has “well-founded” concerns that there is no...more
11/17/2017
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
FISA ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Clauses
Those of us who have been grappling with how best to approach GDPR compliance in outsourcing and other commercial contracts will be all too familiar with Article 28 of the GDPR, which sets out a number of minimum contract...more
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ramps up enforcement activities in London -
A new UK sanctions enforcement body with added civil enforcement tools is ramping up activities. ...more
11/1/2017
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EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
HM Treasury ,
International Finance ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Policing and Crime Act 2017 ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
Voluntary Disclosure
The UK Government has published a statement of intent containing details of its proposed Data Protection Bill. The full text of the Bill is expected in September 2017, when the UK Parliament returns from its summer...more
On 16 March 2017, the European Parliament approved a draft EU regulation intended to ensure that trade in certain minerals and metals from high-risk or warn-torn areas does not fund conflict and human rights abuses. The...more
Policy makers in Europe continue to explore responses to the Panama Papers revelations and recent terrorist attacks. On 28 February, European law makers approved important amendments to the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML)...more
A new data protection framework (the GDPR) has been adopted, significantly changing current EU laws. It will take the form of a Regulation and so will be directly applicable in all EU Member States from 25 May 2018. Once in...more
With the August 1st start of the Privacy Shield, the European Commission’s new and long-awaited transatlantic data transfer agreement with the U.S., businesses that had previously relied on the invalidated Safe Harbor scheme...more
8/16/2016
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Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Contracts ,
Personal Data ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Department of State ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
If you operate a website which does business with consumers based in the European Union, read on.
In the recent case, Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Amazon EU Sàrl (28 July 2016), brought by Austrian consumer...more
The final text of the significant new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has now been published (4 May 2016) in the Official Journal of the European Union. This means the clock is now ticking for the sweeping new...more
On February 2, 2016, the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce reached an accord on a new transatlantic data transfer protocol. Nicknamed the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the framework would replace the...more
European Union officials finally reached agreement this week on a new European data protection regulation (Regulation) that will essentially tear up existing European laws, introduce a brand new statutory regime and...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been very busy in recent weeks re-shaping EU privacy laws. In addition to the much-anticipated decision in “Schrems” (Case C-362/14), which essentially rules the US-EU...more
10/29/2015
/ Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Debt Collection ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Hungary ,
International Data Transfers ,
Member State ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Sanctions ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Europe’s top court ruled that U.S. companies relying upon the “Safe Harbor Framework” data sharing regime to maintain information regarding EU citizens is “invalid.” This means that any company relying upon the Safe Harbor...more
10/8/2015
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Data Protection ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
PRISM Program ,
Privacy Policy ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework