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EU Article 29 Working Party prepares for General Data Protection Regulation and responsibilities as European Data Protection Board

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)Photo of Jay Modrall (BE)By Marcus Evans (UK) and Jay Modrall (BE) on Posted in Compliance and risk management, Data breach, General, Regulatory response
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn February 11, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) issued a statement setting out its 2016 action plan for implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its work programme for 2016-2018. WP29 will have 8 working groups leading the implementation of the 2016-2018 work programme. The statement highlights the following points: WP29 … Continue reading

European Council approves EU General Data Protection Regulation draft;  final approval may come by end of 2015

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)By Marcus Evans (UK) on Posted in Regulatory response
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightToday the European Council approved its version of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The next stage is for the European Commission, European Parliament and European Council (each has its own preferred version of the regulation) to jointly agree on the final text of the regulation. These discussions will commence officially on June 24, 2015, and … Continue reading

Dispute resolution mechanisms for SAs and individuals are key part of proposed EU regulation

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)By Marcus Evans (UK) on Posted in Regulatory response
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightThis is Part 5 — the final part — of a five-part series on the “One Stop Shop” mechanism in the proposed new European data protection regulation. In Part 1 we examined why there is a need for a One Stop Shop, and what it is. In Part 2 we examined the concept of main establishment and the position of entities without … Continue reading

EU regulation proposal seeks to encourage consistency in data protection enforcement

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)By Marcus Evans (UK) on Posted in Regulatory response
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightThis is Part 4 of a five-part series on the “One Stop Shop” mechanism in the proposed new European data protection regulation. In Part 1 we examined why there is a need for a One Stop Shop, and what it is. In Part 2 we examined the concept of main establishment and the position of entities without an EU establishment. In Part … Continue reading
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