This summer saw significant noise in relation to international transfers of personal data. In July, the ICO at his annual report launch said that one of the changes to practice he expected to see post implementation of the EU Data Protection Regulation was that the ICO in the UK would have additional oversight over international Read more »
Judgment date now set in Schrems EU Safe Harbor Case
We reported in an article and video last week here and in a podcast today here on the Schrems case against Facebook. Today sees more developments in this case. As a recap, this very important data protection case before the European Court concerns the Austrian Max Schrems’ legal challenge to the EU Safe Harbor scheme. Read more »
Episode 157: EU data privacy Safe Harbor not so safe?
This week’s podcast looks at developments in the Schrems case and whether they are the beginning of the end for Safe Harbor. Jonathan outlines the background to the case and Eric adds a US perspective on the case and how it has been viewed in US legal circles. What are the likely effects for US Read more »
UK Serious Fraud Office Annual Report 2014-2015 video updates
The UK’s fraud, bribery and corruption investigator and enforcer, the Serious Fraud Office, recently issued its annual report on its activities for 2014-2015. We wrote about this here and present two brief videos in both English and French. We reported last year here on the previous SFO annual report. Cordery are experienced in investigating Read more »
EU renews individuals sanctions list concerning the situation in the Ukraine
Since early 2014 the EU has imposed various sanctions with regard to Russia in connection with the situation in the Ukraine and the Crimea under a raft of different measures. Due to the continuing lack of improvement in the situation these sanctions have undergone expansion and renewal. Sectoral sanctions and sanctions specifically concerning the Crimea Read more »
Blog: European Court legal advisor gives far-reaching ruling in Schrems Safe Harbor case
In a radical legal move today the Advocate-General in the Schrems case before the European Court has shaken the data protection safe harbor regime right to the core. Following the Snowden US surveillance revelations in 2013 the Austrian individual Maximillian Schrems brought a legal challenge before an Irish court challenging his rejected complaint before the Read more »
Episode 156: Identity control via subject access requests
This week’s podcast looks at a rise in the number of subject access requests (SARs). SARs are a common feature of data protection laws across Europe and enable individuals to request information organisations hold on them. SARs are becoming increasingly common and may be about to increase in volume with changes in the law. Our Read more »
Episode 155: Ashley Madison – The latest tool in cyber warfare
This podcast looks again at the Ashley Madison hack but with a new angle. Is the hack already providing fuel to state sponsored cyber attacks? Are companies already seeing the potential long-term damage to their cyber resilience because of the actions of their employees in signing up for the site? TechLaw10 is a 10-minute Read more »
First ICO Right To Be Forgotten Order against Google
In the first case of its type the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued an enforcement notice (found here) against Google Inc. ordering it to remove nine search results that the ICO has deemed to be linked to information about a person that is no longer relevant. It will be recalled that the Right Read more »
Global data protection update
Cordery Lawyers Jonathan Armstrong and Gayle McFarlane present a round up of global data protection news including:- further Federal Trade Commission enforcement action against non-registrations and failures to renew; Bavarian action over data acquired with a business; update on the new EU Regulation; an update on the Schrems litigation; a UK summary including the ICO Read more »
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