ePrivacy update
Just as the EU have updated the data protection regime with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force across Europe on 25th May … Read more
Draft guidance from Europe on interpretation of GDPR transparency rules
The Article 29 Working Party (the EU’s group of data regulators) have published draft guidance on the transparency aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation … Read more
EU A29WP consent consultation indicates next year for ICO guidance
The data protection principle of consent is one of the significant areas of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that’s changing from the existing data … Read more
Morrisons data breach case highlights wider reaching liabilities than just GDPR fines
A High Court judge has found Morrisons supermarket liable for a 2014 data leak where an employee leaked Morrisons staff payroll information. The employee was … Read more
Privacy policies not up to scratch according to international investigation
A global investigation by data protection regulators, including the UK’s ICO, found that website’s privacy policies tended to be inadequate in providing the information visitors … Read more
Microsoft 365 launching GDPR Compliance Manager
Last week Microsoft announced that it will be launching a Compliance Manager across it’s cloud offering which will help organisations meeting their online compliance requirements, … Read more
Changes to Binding Corporate Rules in a GDPR world
Today the ICO published a new blog post about it’s approach to processing Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) applications. BCRs are used to allow intra-group transfer … Read more
New E-privacy rules progressing through EU
It’s not just data protection that’s changing next year, the EU are also working on introducing new e-privacy regulations. Proposals for new e-privacy regulations were announced … Read more
EU GDPR guidance starting to take shape
There’s a question about whether it’s coming quick enough, but the EU’s Article 29 Working Party appear to be on the role with their GDPR … Read more
GDPR administrative fines and level playing field across Europe
The Article 29 Working Party (all the EU regulators) have published guidance to help statutory bodies (regulators such as the ICO) in their deliberations over … Read more