May saw useful reminders for companies, including: (i) the need to appoint an EU – and/or UK – representative if caught by the (UK) GDPR’s extraterritorial effect; (ii) that regulators…
The key development from April must be the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) approving the draft UK adequacy decisions from the European Commission (the “Commission”). Companies will be relieved that…
March gave companies plenty to take stock of. A multi-million euro fine for deficient vendor oversight, scrutiny of unlawful data transfers to a well-known U.S. email marketing service provider, and…
There were a few European data protection developments in February that companies may want to have on their radar. These include a draft adequacy decision for EU-UK data transfer, renewed…
Virginia has just become the second U.S. state with a comprehensive privacy law, with Governor Ralph Northam’s signing of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”) on March 2, 2021.…
As covered in our Annual Review, 2020 was a blockbuster year for European data protection. If January is anything to go by, 2021 will be the same. New data breach…
The big news this November was the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) issuing its highly anticipated post-Schrems II data transfer guidance, followed just a day later by the European…
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently published new guidance on how companies can validly transfer EU personal data to the many countries that have not been deemed by the…
EU authorities have understandably declined to put forward a single list of mandatory data security controls that apply to all companies subject to the GDPR. As a result, each new…
October was a particularly busy month, with headline-grabbing stories such as the long-awaited finalisation of the fines against British Airways and Marriott, which may well be the last penalties the…