Data Notes

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 …

Data Protection Predictions 2019

2018 was a landmark year for data protection and privacy; the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") came into effect on 25 May 2018 …

UK Government note clarifies "no deal" and data protection

The UK Government has published a "no deal" note to clarify how data protection law will work in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. The …

March deadline approaches in call for views on government cyber security skills stategy

The UK Government recently launched a Call for Views on its Initial National Cyber Security Skills Strategy. The closing date for stakeholder responses …

Online advertisers face French data probe

Earlier this year, the French Competition Authority ("FCA") published the results of its 2-year inquiry into the online advertising sector, identifying …

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 …

EDPB finally issues draft guidelines on GDPR extra-territoriality

On 23 November 2018, the European Data Protection Board (the "EDPB") published its draft guidelines on Article 3 of the GDPR, being the provision that …

Brexit Withdrawal Agreement: Impact for data protection

Following a UK Cabinet meeting on 14 November 2018, the UK Government has announced support for the text of a draft Withdrawal Agreement and an outline …