Digital TMT and Sourcing Notes

International Data Privacy Day: Our predictions for 2024

EU AI Regulation – Political Agreement Reached on the EU's Landmark AI Act

'MEGA-FINES' AND COMPENSATION – HOW MIGHT COMPANIES BE AFFECTED? DEVELOPMENTS IN DATA PROTECTION LAW SEPTEMBER 2019

Storming the Breaches: DCMS releases Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019

ICO’s proposed largest ever fine of £183 million against BA prompts the question: can you insure penalties imposed for breach of GDPR?

Probing the Rules on Automated Decision Making

Happy GDPR-versary! Herbert Smith Freehills reflections on a year of GDPR regulation

Driving Data Compliance

The German FCO/Facebook decision: implications for data privacy regulation

The German competition authority, the Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") last week announced the results of its investigation into Facebook for a novel abuse …

Japan Adequacy Decision Adopted by the EU Commission

On 23 January 2019, the EU Commission adopted a decision confirming the adequacy of Japanese data protection laws for the purpose of transferring …

EDPB finally issues draft guidelines on GDPR extra-territoriality

On 23 November 2018, the European Data Protection Board (the "EDPB") published its draft guidelines on Article 3 of the GDPR, being the provision that …

Brexit Withdrawal Agreement: Impact for data protection

Following a UK Cabinet meeting on 14 November 2018, the UK Government has announced support for the text of a draft Withdrawal Agreement and an outline …