Code≠Law: The race to regulate
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08 July 2017
Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law
On 3 July 2017 the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") determined that the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust") had breached the Data …
08 July 2017
Liberty granted rights to challenge the Snoopers' Charter
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (the "Act") received Royal Assent on 29 November 2016. Dubbed the "Snoopers' Charter" it has been heavily criticised by …
08 July 2017
House of Lords EU Committee Report on Brexit and the EU Data Protection Package
On 18 July 2017 the House of Lords European Union Committee (the "Committee") published a report covering the impact of Brexit on four aspects of the EU …
19 June 2017
GDPR Compliance: Just under a year to "get your house in order"
The European Commission published its first draft of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") in January 2012, which set out a comprehensive …
17 June 2017
Digital Economy Act 2017: The pick 'n' mix assortment of provisions receives Royal Assent
The Digital Economy Act (the "Act") finally received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017 and the final text was published at the beginning of May. First …
17 June 2017
ENISA Guidance: Incident Reporting for Digital Service Providers under Cyber Security Directive and the interplay with GDPR
The new report referenced in the article above, follows comprehensive guidelines (the "Guidelines") published by ENISA in February 2017 for Member States …
17 June 2017
SWIFT publishes mandatory controls for customers
In April 2017, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) published a final version of its Customer Security Controls …
17 June 2017
WannaCry: A chance to test systems and raise awareness at a global level?
In one of the most dramatic and widespread cyber attacks to date, on Friday 12 May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack known as "WannaCrypt" or …
17 June 2017
UK's cyber security breaches survey and Verizon's data breach report suggest progress – but more to do
April 2017 welcomed two insightful publications on the current cyber security landscape. The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport's annual Cyber …
17 June 2017
EU-US Privacy Shield first annual review announced following a challenging introduction
On 12 July 2016, the European Commission adopted an “adequacy decision” allowing for the transatlantic transfer of personal data from the EU to the US in …
17 June 2017
EU Council publishes Progress Report on draft EU ePrivacy Regulation
On 15 May 2017, the Council of the European Union published its progress report (the "Report") on the first draft of the ePrivacy Regulation (the "Draft …
17 June 2017
New Mirai based malware variants – BrickerBot and a Bitcoin miner
The Mirai malware gained its infamy in October 2016 following its record breaking attack on systems operated by domain name system provider Dyn, using …
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