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New guidance on direct marketing

By Ali Fazeli-Nia, Lara White (UK) & Janine Regan (UK) on January 10, 2023

Introduction

On 5 December 2022, the Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) published its new guidance on direct marketing (the Direct Marketing Guidance).

The Direct Marketing Guidance is accompanied by various resources, including checklists, FAQs, an online training module…

Draft European Commission EU-US Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision published

By Marcus Evans (UK), Lara White (UK), Shiv Daddar (UK) & Janine Regan (UK) on December 13, 2022

On 13 December, the European Commission launched the process to adopt an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (EU-US DPF). 

The draft decision – available here – addresses the concerns raised by the Court of Justice…

The proposed EU Cyber Resilience Act: what it is and how it may impact the supply chain

By Janine Regan (UK) & Polina Maloshchinskaia on October 17, 2022

On 15 September 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a new Regulation which sets out cybersecurity related requirements for products with “digital elements”, known as the proposed Cyber Resilience Act (the CRA). 

The CRA introduces common cybersecurity…

EU – UK data transfers can continue: UK receives much welcome adequacy decision

By Marcus Evans (UK) & Janine Regan (UK) on June 28, 2021

The European Commission has today published a positive adequacy finding in respect of the UK’s data protection regime (the Decision).  This means that personal data can continue to flow freely from the EU to the UK without the need…

A deeper dive into the new Standard Contractual Clauses

By Janine Regan (UK), Marcus Evans (UK), Lara White (UK) & Christoph Ritzer (DE) on June 7, 2021

On Friday 4 June, the European Commission published the finalised version of the new Standard Contractual Clauses for transferring personal data from the EU to third countries (the New SCCs).  Privacy professionals have been waiting for the New SCCs for…

European Commission publishes much anticipated finalised Standard Contractual Clauses

By Marcus Evans (UK), Lara White (UK), Christoph Ritzer (DE) & Janine Regan (UK) on June 4, 2021

The European Commission has today published the finalised version of the new Standard Contractual Clauses (the new SCCs).  The purpose of the new SCCs are to help companies legalise transfers of personal data from outside of the EEA.  They…

EDPB cautiously welcomes UK adequacy finding

By Lara White (UK) & Janine Regan (UK) on April 16, 2021

Yesterday, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its opinion on the European Commission’s draft Decision that the UK ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data (the Opinion).  The Opinion was adopted by the EDPB on 13 April…

European data export bonanza: revised SCCs and EDPB Schrems II guidance published

By Marcus Evans (UK), Lara White (UK), Christoph Ritzer (DE) & Janine Regan (UK) on November 13, 2020

On 12 November, the European Commission published revised Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and a draft implementing decision.  A feedback period on the draft documents will run until 10 December.  Therefore, it is not possible to give a precise date…

Two new CJEU judgments further tighten limits of government surveillance – significant for impending UK adequacy decision and “Schrems II country assessments”

By Marcus Evans (UK) & Janine Regan (UK) on October 15, 2020

On 6 October 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published two decisions that further define the permitted scope of governmental access to personal data.

These decisions are relevant in two key areas:

  1. Complying with

…

ICO provides guidance on calculating monetary penalties

By Marcus Evans (UK), Lara White (UK), Steven Hadwin (UK), Janine Regan (UK) & Ally Corbridge (UK) on October 7, 2020

On 1 October 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published draft statutory guidance, providing clarity about how it will regulate and enforce data protection legislation in the UK. The guidance, which sits alongside the ICO’s Regulatory Action Policy…

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