Life with GDPR - Meta Fined €405 million by Irish Data Protection Commission
On January 29, 2025, the General Court of the European Union delivered a significant judgment concerning the powers and competences of the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB"). The case involved the Data Protection...more
On December 17 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued Opinion 28/2024 addressing data protection aspects of processing in the context of AI models. This Opinion was requested by the Irish Data Protection...more
On December 17, 2024, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB" or Board) issued Opinion 28/2024, addressing data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of artificial intelligence ("AI")...more
The EDPB launched a website auditing tool to help legal and technical auditors at data protection authorities check whether websites are compliant with the law on 29 January 2024. Controllers and processors can also use the...more
US and EU Life Sciences Law firms Fieldfisher & Gardner Law recently held a CLE event in Silicon Valley covering Healthcare Compliance, Data Privacy and Regulatory hot topics for MedTech and Pharma companies. Discussion...more
Areas of interest include anonymisation, “recognised legitimate interests”, and the ICO’s role. The UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the Bill) sets out the government’s proposals for reforming the current...more
On June 4, 2021, the European Commission adopted two new sets of standard contractual clauses (SCCs): one for data transfers from data controllers to data processors and one for data transfers from data exporters to data...more
Expect More Criminal Enforcement & What You Can Do To Minimize Your Risk - Antitrust cartel and related collusive scheme enforcement is poised to increase. Several factors support this: (1) the Antitrust Division (the...more
With all that has happened this year, most of us can’t wait until 2020 is in the rear view mirror. The end of 2020, however, marks the end of the transition period provided, post-Brexit, to allow time for UK businesses and...more
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 and its development into a global pandemic, organizations have been implementing exceptional measures to safeguard the health of employees, customers and others. Organizations are also...more
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, organizations have been implementing exceptional measures to maintain "business-as-usual" to the extent allowed by their particular circumstances and to protect their employees, customers...more
The European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") has published guidelines on the use of the certification mechanism under the GDPR. Certifications are intended to help businesses provide evidence of compliance with the GDPR. The...more