UK Report - January 2022

Issue 119

Includes:

- The future of data protection class actions following Lloyd v Google
- Long live the DPO!
- ICO crackdown on adtech?
- Government proposals for DP reform create a lively debate
- Coping with contentious DSARs

International Report - December 2021

Issue 174

Includes:

- Germany’s coalition agreement in the digitalisation era
- Australia’s Online Privacy Bill targets social media giants
- ASEAN Model Contractual Clauses: Low and ambiguous standards
- A file for lobbying purposes: CNIL fines Monsanto €400,000
- Enabling health information sharing with synthetic data

UK Report - November 2021

Issue 118

Includes:

- Government consultation on post-Brexit data protection reforms
- Trends in GDPR enforcement across Europe and the UK
- Delving into the ICO’s draft transfer risk assessment
- Data reform: Unlocking AI to boost innovation across industry
- Location data in employment

International Report - October 2021

Issue 173

Includes:

- Saudi Arabia issues its first standalone data protection law
- Spain lives up to its reputation as a tough enforcer
- China’s completed PILP
- Limit for controllers’ due diligence
- Future for the EU GDPR One-Stop-Shop?

UK Report - September 2021

Issue 117

Includes:

- ‘User-friendly’ is the name of the game in ICO’s draft international data transfer agreement
- BA settles – a trend for future group litigation cases?
- John Edwards appointed as next Information Commissioner
- First certification scheme criteria
- Monitoring equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace

International Report - August 2021

Issue 172

Includes:

- The meaning of ‘adequacy’: Implications of the draft Korea decision
- EU Commission works to promote free and safe flows
- International data transfers under scrutiny by DPAs in Germany
- The prospects for FTC privacy rules
- Canada leads on applying privacy law to cannabis sales

UK Report - July 2021

Issue 116

Includes:

- UK receives data adequacy but under a watchful EU Commission
- Amex’s £90k marketing fine: Risk-based approach or bold interpretation of PECR?
- Using personal emails for business purposes: The pitfalls
- Intended and unintended consequences of paying with data
- The hot potato of anonymisation

International Report - June 2021

Issue 171

Includes:

- The ‘Brussels effect’ of the EU’s ‘AI Act’ on data privacy outside Europe
- France: CNIL’s new approach to cookies
- Legislative developments in 26 Asian countries
- Data protection law enters fully into force in South Africa in July
- EU’s new SCCs ease data transfers