Introduction One of the most overlooked obligations in GDPR is the requirement for organisations who are subject to GDPR but outside the EU to appoint a Data Protection Representative (DPR). But that’s likely to have much more attention now with the fine announced this morning for Locatefamily.com from the Netherlands DPA (the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens or Read more »
Client Alert: Portuguese Data Protection Agency enforces Schrems III Ruling
Introduction We’ve written before about the Schrems III case and the difficulties of cross-border data transfer after last year’s ECJ ruling. You can find out more about that here www.bit.ly/pshielddead. Last week Portugal’s data protection authority (the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados or CNPD) ordered the country’s statistical office (INE) to stop using US-based Read more »
Client Alert: Data Breaches and Transparency
Introduction A recent survey by Comparitech has highlighted the long-term effects of a data breach. In addition to the harm caused by a breach to a company’s reputation, staff retention and sales, data breaches can have a lasting effect on the share price of companies too. The survey looked at the share price of 34 Read more »
Episode 267: Cordery Head to Head @ Home – Eric Sinrod on new litigation in times of COVID
In this edition of Cordery Head to Head @ Home Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Professor Eric Sinrod from his home in California. They reflect on a recent survey by Duane Morris on new forms of litigation which have appeared during the pandemic. The US is often seen as the home of inventive litigation and Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 79 – the Prince Phillip Edition
Jonathan Armstrong joins leading compliance experts in the US again in the latest Everything Compliance podcast. This episode of Everything Compliance, hosted as always by Compliance Evangelist Tom Fox, features commentary from Jonathan Marks, Jay Rosen, Jonathan Armstrong, and Matt Kelly. Today’s topics Jonathan Armstrong reflects on the UK draft Data Protection Adequacy decisions by Read more »
Client Alert: EDPB approves UK Draft Data Protection Adequacy Decisions
What’s this all about? Today the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released opinions on the European Commission’s draft Adequacy Decisions for the UK. The opinions confirm the EDPB’s view that the UK regime is adequate in data protection terms. You can read background to the decisions here https://www.corderycompliance.com/draft-eu-adequacy-decisions-issued-for-the-uk/. This note contains some data protection specific Read more »
Cordery Head to Head: Jenny Radcliffe on People Hacking & Current Cyber Threats
In this edition of Cordery Head to Head @ Home Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Jenny Radcliffe. Jenny is known as “the People Hacker” and is a world-renowned expert on human behaviour. She is a go-to guest expert on the human element of security, scams and social engineering and has appeared on numerous television and Read more »
Client Alert: Driving Compliance: Car Tech and Data Protection FAQs
We first published this article on 20 May 2020 and we are updating it to take account of the EDPB’s revised guidance and some other recent developments. Introduction Vehicle technology (often called car tech) is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with GPS trackers, inbuilt software, in-car cameras and other devices and apps gathering large amounts of data Read more »
Client Alert: Booking.Com fined in The Netherlands for late Data Breach Notification
Introduction Booking.com has today received a fine of €475,000 from the Dutch Data Protection Regulator, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP), for their failure to report a data breach in time. The case follows a similar case against Twitter in Ireland in December which we wrote about here www.bit.ly/twitterfine2. This note uses some data protection specific terms Read more »
Client Alert: Artificial intelligence and GDPR – teaching machines ‘fairness’
Introduction At the start of 2020, 42% of companies in the EU said they use technologies that depend on AI, and another 18% of companies said they are planning to use AI in the future (European Enterprise Survey – FRA, 2020). So, this is clearly an area that is justifiably generating considerable activity and interest Read more »
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