What’s this all about? The use of biometric recognition systems is growing fast, notably in the banking, finance, education, entertainment, and retail sectors. Biometrics is all around us and getting cheaper to operate or purchase. The use of biometrics has also thrown up a number of data protection/privacy issues, including the potential to result in Read more »
Cordery Head to Head: PSNI Data Breach with Daragh O Brien
In this topical episode of Cordery Head to Head Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Daragh O Brien on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) data breach and its ramifications. Daragh is Managing Director of Castlebridge. He has been a pioneer in the field of information management for over two decades. In 2019 he was Read more »
European Court Ruling on the Right of an Individual to Know the Reasons for and Date of the Consultation of Their Personal Data
What’s this about? The European Court of Justice (“the European Court”) recently ruled about the scope of the Subject Access Right (“SAR”) under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”) in circumstances where an organization’s employees have consulted an individual’s personal data; we wrote about the Advocate General’s Opinion in this matter here https://www.corderycompliance.com/eu-gdpr-sar-0223/. Read more »
Client Alert – UK Court Awards Aggravated Damages For Data Protection Infringements Including Slow And Inadequate Response To A Subject Access Request
What’s this about? In the recent UK data protection case of Yao Bekoe v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Islington, the UK High Court awarded £6,000 in damages for data protection infringements, including for a significant delay in replying adequately to Subject Access Request. This article takes a look at the Read more »
TechLaw10: Will the US approach to self-regulation of AI work?
In this edition of TechLaw10 Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Professor Eric Sinrod from his home in California. They talk about the announcement that the US is to trial a self-regulatory approach to AI. Will this work? How does it differ from the approach taken in the EU & in the UK? The topics include: Read more »
Client Alert – Interplay Between Competition/Anti-Trust Law & Data Protection/Privacy Law
What’s this about? The recent European Court ruling about Meta Platforms and Others has highlighted the interplay between data protection/privacy law and competition/anti-trust law. This article takes a look at the key issues. A finding of data protection non-compliance can establish an anti-competitive infringement Meta Platforms Ireland operates Facebook in the EU. When users registered Read more »
What is the Data Privacy Framework?
In this film Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong & André Bywater discuss the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) & its use to legitimize the transfer of data from the EU to the US. They discuss DPF and its predecessor schemes Privacy Shield & Safe Harbor. They look at: the background to the DPF scheme what do you need Read more »
European Court of Human Rights Facial-Recognition Privacy Ruling
Introduction The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled that the use of facial-recognition technology with regards to a particular individual breached that individual’s rights having been far too intrusive. This article takes a brief look at this case. What’s the case about? The case of Nikolay Glukhin v. Russia concerns the Russian authorities’ use Read more »
UK Health Service Provider Reprimanded By UK Regulator For Unauthorized Use Of WhatsApp By Staff
What’s this all about? The UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently issued an official reprimand under UK GDPR to the health service provider NHS Lanarkshire (Scotland) following the unauthorized use of WhatsApp by staff to share patients’ personal data. It’s an interesting case looking at so-called ‘ShadowIT’ and the legacy of Read more »
EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) FAQs
What’s this all about? The EU recently adopted a so-called “Adequacy Decision” for the US (“Commission Implementing Decision of 10.7.2023 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate level of protection of personal data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework”) which has set up a system for Read more »
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