Key takeaways this March include: Fairness in AI: Businesses utilising AI may want to assess fairness principles in accordance with the latest UK ICO guidance, which includes clarification around AI…
Last year, yet again, saw significant GDPR enforcement actions, important regulatory guidance, and an abundance of European legislative activity touching on cyber, data protection and AI-regulatory issues. Here, we unpack…
Key takeaways this October include: Facial Recognition: Businesses face continued challenges in establishing GDPR-compliant facial recognition technology, including those with no presence in the EEA, after the French CNIL fined…
European Data Protection Roundup – October 2021 Key takeaways this October include: Liability for excessive security footage: The need to ensure security systems are configured appropriately to minimise the scope…
European Data Protection Roundup – September 2021 Key takeaways this September include: Transparency: The importance of providing individuals sufficient information to enable them to understand how their personal data is…
Key takeaways from developments this August include: Indications of what the UK’s post-Brexit data transfer arrangements might look like – companies transferring data from the UK will want to follow…
European Data Protection Roundup – July Key takeaways from developments this July include: a blockbuster €746 million fine against Amazon – the largest ever GDPR penalty – showing the Regulation’s…
The big news in June were the EU Standard Contractual Clauses for cross-border data transfers to non-EEA countries. There were also significant developments for companies engaging in employee surveillance, ad…
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…