Employment
11 October 2021

Is your tech discriminatory?

Employers are increasingly reliant on technology to assist with all kinds of functions – from strengthening security to streamlining recruitment processes.

Privacy and Data Protection
18 August 2021

Personal data transfers to the US – help on the way?

Many organisations have been struggling with a GDPR grey area since the Schrems II litigation.The CJEU invalidated Privacy Shield and added extra layers of risk assessment to the use of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), making compliant personal data transfers to the US complicated to achieve.

Privacy and Data Protection
15 July 2021

European Commission adopts UK adequacy decision

The EU has finally adopted the UK adequacy decision. In addition, British Airways settles its data breach case, and the ICO has fined a charity for poor policies and inadequate training.

Privacy and Data Protection
12 May 2021

ICO updates, anonymisation guidance and cyber security

In this month’s Data Protection Round-Up: key takeaways from the ICO Data Protection Practitioners Conference, guidance on anonymisation, and a government response to new cyber security legislation.

Privacy and Data Protection
09 April 2021

Data protection monthly overview

In this month’s Data Protection Round-Up: a lack of awareness for the Children’s Code, new ICO guidance is in the offing and the Government’s Digital Markets Unit takes shape.

Privacy and Data Protection
20 January 2021

Will WhatsApp share my data with Facebook?

The WhatsApp privacy confusion – what is actually going on and should you continue to use the app?

Employment
19 November 2020

New ruling provides health and safety detriment

Protection from health and safety detriments and the right to PPE should cover ‘workers’ as well as employees, High Court rules.

Privacy and Data Protection
17 July 2020

Privacy Shield Declared Invalid by CJEU

The CJEU yesterday handed down its long awaited decision on questions put to it regarding Data Protection .It found that the transfer mechanism used to permit data transfers to the US under the EU-US Privacy Shield is invalid.

Privacy and Data Protection
04 December 2019

GDPR Fines Across the EU

The GDPR increased the fines available to EU supervisory authorities for breaches of data protection requirements. Now, as we celebrate the GDPR’s 18-month birthday, it’s a good opportunity to take a look at some of the largest fines imposed to date and where in the EU we are seeing these.

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