Data Notes

The end of "self-regulation": UK to introduce world first statutory duty of care to combat harmful online content

The internet, to regulate or not to regulate? House of Lords calls for new digital regulator

EDPB publishes opinion on the interplay between GDPR and ePrivacy

Clarification on the status of the EU-US Privacy Shield on a no deal Brexit

The UK Government has published a new data-related Brexit statutory instrument clarifying the position with respect to transfers of personal data to the …

ICO and FCA announce new Memorandum of Understanding

On 18 February 2019, the Information Commissioner's Office (the "ICO") and the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") published a new Memorandum of …

Disinformation and 'fake news': Data implications of the Select Committee report

Brexit, Data, Brexit

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 …

Brexit and its impact on international transfers of personal data

Miriam Everett, Head of the Data Protection and Privacy group at Herbert Smith Freehills, has been working with the LexisNexis Data Protection …

Happy International Data Privacy Day!

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 …

Cyberattack on German Public Figures Leads To One of Germany's Largest Data Breaches

Last week, it was announced that during December 2018 almost one thousand German public figures, including journalists and a number of prominent …