Introduction The UK is now leaving the EU, to be followed by a transition period until the end of December 2020 (i.e. with a deal for that period of time). The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has provided an update about what this means in terms of data protection and related issues, which can be Read more »
ICO Draft Subject Access Guidance & ICO Criminal Data Processing Survey
Subject Access Request Guidance The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has produced new draft guidance on Subject Access Requests, which can be found here: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/ico-and-stakeholder-consultations/ico-consultation-on-the-draft-right-of-access-guidance/ As you are no doubt aware, the Subject Access right allows individuals to find out what personal data is held about them and to obtain a copy of that data. Read more »
Schrems Model Clauses European Court Advocate General’s Opinion
Introduction The European Court’s Advocate General has upheld the validity of the EU standard/model clauses in his official Opinion, which can be found here: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=221826&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=3462665 What is the (third) Schrems case all about? Mr. Maximillian Schrems asked Facebook Ireland to identify the legal bases for the transfer of personal data of Facebook users from the Read more »
Court of Justice interprets data protection ‘legitimate interests’ as regards CCTV/video surveillance (TK v Asociaţia de Proprietari bloc M5A-ScaraA)
This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Information Law on 28 January 2020 with the caveat that the views expressed by Legal Analysis interviewees are not necessarily those of the proprietor. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL Information Law analysis: The Court of Justice recently shed some light on interpreting so-called ‘legitimate interests’ under data protection rules in the context of video surveillance/CCTV with regard Read more »
Client Alert: NYSBA annual meeting New York – 27 January 2020
Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong will be speaking on Brexit at the prestigious New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting in New York on Monday 27th January. The New York State Bar Association is the largest voluntary bar association in the US. Founded in 1876, the association counts two former Presidents of the US amongst its alumni. Read more »
Client Alert: PC World owner fined after data breach
Today the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), announced that it had fined DSG Retail Ltd, the owner of a number of well-known retailers including PC World, £500,000 after a data breach. It is important to remember that this is a fine under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) the previous Read more »
Blog: Is the BA Fine in the Departure Lounge?
This blog was written in January 2020. Please note that the extensions mentioned in this alert have been extended further to May in the case of BA and June in the case of Marriott Last week we talked about the UK’s first fine under GDPR. You can read our alert on that here https://www.corderycompliance.com/first-uk-gdpr-fine/. We Read more »
Client Alert: First UK GDPR fine
In late December the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), announced its first fine under GDPR. The fine was at the lower end of the scale after Doorstep Dispensaree Ltd., a company running a pharmacy based in Edgware in London, was fined £275,000. The ICO also issued an Enforcement Notice against the Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 56 – The Compliance Year under the Trump Administration – Part 2
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. In this episode, we end the year with the second of a two-part series on our fan favourite year-end wrap up on the state of compliance under the Trump Administration. Tom and the panel have been following this topic since Trump was elected in 2016 and it is Read more »
Client Alert: German Telecom Provider 1&1 Telecom receives €9.55m Fine for GDPR Breach
We originally reported on this case in December 2019. In November 2020, 1&1 effectively appealed their fine. We have covered this appeal here https://www.corderycompliance.com/1and1-gdpr-fine-reduced/ In what is one of the largest GDPR fines to date the German Federal Data Protection Authority (BfDI) has fined the telecommunications service provider 1&1 Telecom GmbH €9.55m. What was this Read more »
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