We first produced this alert on 15 September 2022 and have updated it to look at Meta’s appeal. Introduction Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited €405 million for data protection infringements. It has also ordered it to put in place a range of corrective measures. Meta operates Instagram and Meta Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 105 – GDPR, Competition Law, the Monaco Memo & FCPA Enforcement
In this episode of Everything Compliance Jonathan Armstrong talks about developments in competition/anti-trust law and GDPR. A recent opinion by an Attorney-General at the ECJ involving Facebook suggests that competition law regulators can take GDPR into account when looking at enforcement? What will this mean for big tech and for other companies? Jonathan also looks Read more »
ICO Acts Against UK Organisations For Failing To Respond To Subject Access Requests In Time
What’s this about? The UK’s data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has acted against seven UK organisations who failed to respond to Subject Access Requests (SARs).This follows a trend across Europe of more enforcement action on SARs. There are some data protection terms in this note which are explained at www.bit.ly/gdprwords What is Read more »
GHBER Event in Houston, Texas
Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong will speak at the Greater Houston Business and Ethics (GHBER) roundtable meeting in Houston on 20 October 2022. He’ll give a round-up of the major compliance events in Europe in the last year including a look at ransomware and the challenges of cybersecurity and GDPR. You can find out more details about Read more »
ICO Revised Guidance On UK Binding Corporate Rules
What’s this about? The UK’s data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently issued revised guidance concerning the data transfer mechanism “Binding Corporate Rules” (BCRs) along with new application forms and tables for both data controllers and data processors. This article is a brief look at the guidance. What are BCRs? Under UK GDPR Read more »
Life with GDPR – Changes to Cyber-Breach Insurance
In this episode of Life with GDPR Jonathan Armstrong talks with Tom Fox about changes to Cybersecurity breach insurance. Compliance experts Matt Kelly and Jonathan Marks join in too. Matt is the Editor-in-Chief of Radical Compliance and former writer, editor, and publisher at Compliance Week. Jonathan Marks is a partner in Baker Tilly’s global forensic Read more »
European Court Rules That Personal Data Capable Of Revealing Sexual Orientation Is Special Category Data
What’s this about? In the Lithuanian preliminary reference case of OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija (the Chief Official Ethics Commission), the European Court of Justice (the European Court) recently ruled, in a broad interpretation of data protection rules, that personal data capable of revealing a person’s sexual orientation constitutes so-called “special category” data (also Read more »
UK Whistleblowing Update – New Bill Before Parliament
What is this about? A “Protection for Whistleblowing Bill” (“the Bill”) was introduced before the UK Parliament this summer in an attempt to reform the current UK whistleblowing rules. In sum, the Bill seeks to: Establish an Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing; Create offences relating to the treatment of whistleblowers and Read more »
Jonathan Armstrong to speak at Relativity Fest in Chicago
Thousands of delegates from the e-discovery and compliance communities attend Relativity Fest every year to discover faster, better ways to work. The conference challenges attendees to rethink how they conduct e-discovery and compliance with engaging panel discussions, hands-on exercises, breakout sessions, and insights from leaders in the industry—from judges and analysts to practitioners from around Read more »
UK Unlawful Obtaining of Health Data Criminal Case
Introduction According to the UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO), a former health adviser has been found guilty of accessing medical records of patients without a valid legal reason. This article takes a brief look at this matter. What’s this case all about? An individual called Mr. Christopher O’Brien worked for Read more »
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