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...
23 Jul 2021 The consequences of paying with data By Cindy Knott Never has the use of data had a bigger impact in our lives as consumers. However, there is a growing concern that individuals are losing...
10 Jun 2021 Get set, update! European Commission publishes finalised SCCs for data transfers By Cindy Knott On Friday 4 June 2021, the European Commission published the final version of its long awaited standard contractual clauses for...
01 Apr 2021 GDPR extra-territoriality in a post-Brexit world By Cindy Knott As UK and EU businesses grapple with the complexities of the post-Brexit world, one of the first key questions for businesses from a data...
19 Feb 2021 EU publishes draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK By Cindy Knott The EU Commission has published two draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK, one under the GDPR and the other...
08 Jan 2021 A reprieve for EU-UK data flows but other data privacy implications remain By Cindy Knott Many will have breathed a sigh of relief when the news filtered through that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement agreed on 24...