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European Regulators Provide Some Key Clarifications on Cookie Banners

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a draft report of the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Taskforce (the Report). The Report describes how regulators apply cookie legislation in handling certain types of...more

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Colorado Attorney General Seeks Rulemaking Comments for the Colorado Privacy Act

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Colorado Attorney General Seeks Rulemaking Comments for the Colorado Privacy Act - With the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking set for fall 2022, Colorado’s Attorney General office is currently inviting preliminary comments for...more

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UK Employment Flash - September 2021

In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments from the UK, including the law governing the return to the workplace and flexible working requests and a proposal to impose a duty on...more

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The European Commission’s New Standard Contractual Clauses: Transferring Personal Data from the EU (A Long Overdue “Take Two”)

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On June 4, 2021, the European Commission adopted a new, highly anticipated set of standard contractual clauses to facilitate the transfer of personal data out of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) in accordance with the...more

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With the September 27 Deadline Looming, 7 Key Things to Know About Europe’s New Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

On June 7, 2021, the European Commission (Commission) published its long-awaited Implementing Decision adopting standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries referred to as the new Standard...more

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European Commission adopts positive UK adequacy decisions for data transfers

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On 28 June 2021, just two days before the interim EU-UK data transfer “bridging mechanism” expired under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the European Commission (EC) adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK to...more

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EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Provides a Grace Period for Free Flow of Personal Data

After the political and constitutional upheaval of the last four years that has been Brexit, a trade deal - the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - was finally reached between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European...more

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The Status of EU–UK Data Flows Following Brexit

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The end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 means the UK now has full autonomy over its data protection policies. As of 1 January 2021 the UK is recognised as a ‘third country’ under EU General Data Protection...more

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Déjà Vu All Over Again: EU High Court Invalidates Privacy Shield For EU – U.S. Data Transfers

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Today (July 16) Europe’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in the case of Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Schrems II) invalidated the EU–U.S. Privacy...more

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Data Protection Impacts for UK Businesses Under the UK Withdrawal Agreement

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“Business as usual” for UK-EU data protection transition in 2020. On 29 January 2020, the EU Parliament approved the UK Withdrawal Agreement after the UK Parliament’s ratification via the EU Withdrawal Act 2020 on 23 January...more

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Brexit Update - February 2020

The United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union and has entered into a transition period until December 31 2020, unless an extension of 1 or 2 years is agreed by July 1 2020 (the Brexit Long Stop Date). ...more

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A Likely Crisis for Data Transfers to the UK post “No-Deal Brexit”

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If your company holds or collects data in the US, the UK and elsewhere in the EU, you should be mapping out how data flows through those jurisdictions in anticipation of the UK “crashing out” of the European Union in October,...more

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Significant UK GDPR Penalties & Record FTC/Facebook Settlement Reveal Valuable Insight into Current Landscape of Privacy...

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This last week saw significant compliance and enforcement activity with respect to both GDPR and the FTC. Specifically, we saw two significant GDPR fines handed down by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) against...more

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No Deal Brexit and Data Transfers: Companies Must Prepare Now

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Companies should identify data flows, implement a data transfer solution, and update internal documents and privacy notices. Since our blog on “What a “No Deal” Brexit Means for UK Data Privacy”, the European Data...more

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“No Deal” Brexit May Bring Practical Problems for Privacy and Data Protection

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With a “No Deal” Brexit seeming more likely than ever after the UK Parliament voted down a proposed deal in January 2019, concerns are rapidly multiplying about the effects of such a withdrawal from the EU for organizations...more

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Have you started auditing your contracts with your service providers that handle EU personal data? UK Information Commissioner’s...

Many companies have started the potentially lengthy process of auditing their service provider contracts to make sure that they comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on...more

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Employment Law Briefing

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Brexit — Keep Calm and Carry On - The Brexit referendum elicited strong feelings amongst “Leavers” and “Remainers”, and will likely continue to do so. In the UK it is generally not as common for co-workers to discuss...more

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IT, Commercial and Outsourcing Contracts: Brexit Top 10

According to Theresa May, the UK’s recently installed prime minister, Brexit means Brexit. But what this actually means in practice is still unknown. There is still a huge amount of debate over what Brexit will look like,...more

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Brexit: Preparing for the Unknown — Practical steps

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The UK’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has said: “The country voted to leave the European Union, and as prime minister I will make sure that we leave the European Union.” That seems like a clear statement, but the...more

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BREXIT: What Does It Mean for Data Protection and What Should You Be Doing Now?

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While we wait to see what the BREXIT result will mean for the UK’s data protection regime, it is important to recognize that the result will not change anything immediately. The exact nature of the post-BREXIT UK-EU...more

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The Potential Impact of a BREXIT on the UK’s Data Protection Regime

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In immediate response to the outcome of the recent referendum in the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU), the UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) released the following...more

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