08 Mar, 2024 “Pay or consent” models – a way forward? By Cindy Knott This week the ICO launched a call for views on the use of “pay or consent” models in the context of ad-funded online business models,...
22 Sep, 2023 US adequacy by another name: UK-US data bridge process concludes By Bryony Bacon Cindy Knott Yesterday the UK Government announced its decision to establish a UK-US data bridge, a 'partial adequacy decision' in old terminology,...
12 Jul, 2023 EU-US Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision adopted by European Commission: a solution for EU-US transfers (for now at least) By Cindy Knott Bryony Bacon On 10 July, the European Commission announced the adoption of their adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the DPF),...
27 Jun, 2023 EDPB provides insights on GDPR fine calculations By Cindy Knott Bryony Bacon On 7 June 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published the final version of its Guidelines on the calculation of...
14 Oct, 2022 One step closer to mutual adequacy for EU-US and UK-US data flows By Cindy Knott On Friday 7 October, US president Biden signed an Executive Order which, alongside the regulations issued by the Attorney General,...
30 Mar, 2022 US-EU negotiators reach agreement on Privacy Shield reboot By Cindy Knott On 25 March, US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that, after a year of negotiations,...
16 Dec, 2021 Key data privacy developments in 2021 and what to expect in 2022 By Cindy Knott As another eventful year closes, data privacy developments have continued apace and there is more to expect to in 2022. In the UK for...
12 Nov, 2021 Lloyd v Google LLC: Supreme Court judgment makes it personal By Cindy Knott Background: old facts, new claim? This case (and the now-settled Vidal-Hall claims) all derive from Google’s alleged historic use of the...