Introduction A revised version of the “Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill” (that the UK government initially issued last year) was recently released. This news item looks in brief at this (complex) Bill and what the implications of it might be for the data protection regime in the UK. What’s this all about? Following Read more »
UK Court Awards Modest Compensation for Modest Distress
Introduction In the case of Driver v CPS the UK High Court awarded a significantly low amount of damages for minor distress suffered as the result of an infringement of data protection rules. Although this case was decided in the autumn of last year it serves as a useful reminder that courts continue to push Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 110, The Bayeux Tapestry Edition
On this episode of the Everything Compliance podcast Jonathan Armstrong looks at the NIS II Directive. He talks about the EU extension to cybersecurity laws and the extra obligations this will bring many organisations. He also talks about the enhanced data breach reporting requirements. You can read a summary of NIS II here https://bit.ly/3kg481A. At Read more »
Cordery Head to Head: Scott Giordano on US Privacy Law Developments
In this edition of Cordery Head to Head Jonathan Armstrong talks to Scott Giordano on US Privacy Law Developments. Scott is the VP Corporate Privacy & General Counsel at Spirion. A veteran technology lawyer, Scott taught the first law school course on electronic evidence and e-discovery in 2003. The topics include: new US State privacy Read more »
UK Russia Sanctions Recent Developments
What’s this about? The UK sanctions regime on Russian individuals and entities under the UK sanctions regime with regard to the war in Ukraine has continued to develop; for more about how the UK sanctions regime works see the What is the UK sanctions regime? section of our article here https://www.corderycompliance.com/add65uksanctions/. This article sets out Read more »
Client Alert: European Data Protection Board Cookie Banner Report Adopted
What’s this about? Cookie compliance is a very hot topic with enforcement action by European regulators increasingly on the rise where significantly high fines have been imposed on organisations for non-compliance. Cookies are small data files stored on a user’s device such as their computer which allow an online service to recognise a user and Read more »
Client Alert: Ireland fines Meta €390m over Facebook and Instagram Breaches
We first circulated this note on 06 January 2023 and have updated it as more information has come to light and to provide an update on the WhatsApp fine. Introduction On 04 January 2023, the data protection authority in Ireland, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced two new fines for Meta – €210m for its Read more »
Life with GDPR -Meta fined in Ireland
Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, they discuss the recently released fines by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission against Meta for Facebook and Instagram GDPR breaches. The DPC also ordered Meta to change its data protection practices within three months. Those changes may have Read more »
European Court Rules EU GDPR Right of Access Allows Individuals to Request the Identity of Each Data Recipient, Subject to Certain Limitations
What’s this about? This matter was an Austrian preliminary reference case before the European Court of Justice (the European Court), RW -v- Österreichische Post AG (the main operator of postal and logistical services in Austria – “the Austrian postal service”), which concerned a request for access to personal data under the EU General Data Protection Read more »
Client Alert: UK Issues Guidance re Russian Oil & Oil Products Offences
Introduction The UK has now updated its guidance on oil shipments etc., the catchily named “UK Maritime Services Prohibition and Oil Price Cap Guidance – Guidance for the UK ban on the provision of maritime transportation of, and associated services for the maritime transportation of, certain Russian oil and oil products.” Whilst the aim is Read more »
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