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…
On November 4, 2020, Vincent Pitaro of the Cybersecurity Law Report published: Comparing U.S. and E.U. Approaches to Incident Response and Breach Notification. The article summarises a panel discussion at…
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…
Hot on the heels of British Airways’ £20m fine (covered here), the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Marriott £18.4m for alleged data security failings linked to the breach of…
In a long-awaited final decision, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) has issued a fine of £20m to British Airways (“BA”) following a data breach that took place in…
On October 1, 2020, the French data protection authority, the CNIL (“Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés”) issued guidelines on the use of cookies and trackers (the “Guidelines”). These…
Throughout September, companies, regulators and policymakers have continued to respond to the fallout from Schrems II. Since our last update we have also seen the second largest fine to date…
August proved to be another busy month for data protection developments in Europe, fuelled in part by the aftermath of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (“CJEU”) decision…