Review of data protection compliance indicates room for improvement
The annual Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) “sweep” is a joint study carried out across the world by data protection regulators (including the UK’s ICO). … Read more
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EDPB confirms status of EU-UK data flows in a no-deal scenario
At it’s Seventh Plenary Session, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a note on data transfers under the GDPR in the event of a … Read more
EDPB published work program for 2019/20
The European Data Protection Board has published its work program for the next couple of years, which includes development of a number of (hopefully) useful … Read more
ICO fact-finding on data protection in adtech
There’s been a lot of noise recently around the use of personal data in adtech (advertising tech) including cases like the Google £44m fine from … Read more
ICO enforcement highlights the cost of ignoring subject access requests
Recent enforcement by the ICO against Magnacrest Ltd highlights the cost of ignoring not only your own data subjects, but also the ICO. Magancrest have … Read more
UK in top-3 for notified data breaches
According to new research carried out by DLA Piper regarding breaches reported to regulators across the EU, the UK was the third highest in terms … Read more
£120k fines highlight need for the right consents and clear privacy statements
In three separate but connected cases the ICO has fined Leave.EU £60k and Eldon Insurance £60k for Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) offences relating … Read more
EU adopts data protection adequacy decision regarding Japan
In September 2018 the EU launched its process for adopting an adequacy decision under the GDPR after negotiations concluded between the EU and Japan in … Read more
First significant GDPR fine hits Google (£44m)
The French data regulator, CNIL, (the French equivalent of the UK’s ICO) has fined Google €50m, a record when it comes to data protection fines. … Read more
ICO -v- SCL Elections case highlights data protection applies to non-EU citizens too
The ICO have taken SCL Elections Ltd (AKA Cambridge Analytica) to court, and won, over a failure to comply with an enforcement notice issued to … Read more