Tag archives: UK Data Protection Act

UK Government guidance on continued EU-UK data flows upon a no deal Brexit

By Marcus Evans (UK) on September 18, 2018 Posted in Compliance and risk management

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On 13 September 2018 the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport published a notice, Data Protection If There’s No Brexit Deal (the Notice). The Notice sets out the actions UK organisations should take to enable the continued flow of personal data between the UK and the EEA in the event that the … Continue reading

UK Court of Appeal Rules that Exemptions to Access Rights are Construed Narrowly

By Marcus Evans (UK) on February 20, 2017 Posted in Compliance and risk management, Dispute resolution and litigation

Under the UK Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA“), data subjects have rights to obtain copies of their personal information through a data subject access request (“DSAR“). Data subjects frequently use DSARs to obtain information in the context of non-data protection disputes with data controllers. There has been much controversy over this practice, particularly as the … Continue reading