The Network and Information Security Directive (‘Cybersecurity’ Directive)
Stewart James gives an account of this important new pending directive…
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Litigation & DR
GDPR and ICO Funding: What now for the Information Commissioner?
In another in our series focusing on the impact of the GDPR, Natalie Stockmann asks if the end of the old funding model for the ICO creates a challenge or opportunity…
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Article 29 Working Party Statement re Schrems, Safe Harbour and the Privacy Shield
Following the presentation by the EU Commission of its proposals for a replacement for Safe Harbour – the Privacy Shield – the Article 29 Working Party has released a statement of its position….
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New SCL Chair’s Vision for the Future
In his first communication with SCL members as SCL Chair, Mark O’Conor gives a sense of where SCL has got to and where it can go as a Society over the next few years….
Killing Cloud Quickly, with GDPR…?
Kuan Hon mourns the (impending) death of cloud computing at the hands of the GDPR, and even suggests a song to sing while preparing for its demise…
Safe Harbour’s Successor? The EU-US Privacy Shield
The EU Commission announces an agreement with US negotiators on new framework for transatlantic data flows: the EU-US Privacy Shield…
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Commons Select Committee Report on IP Bill
The House of Commons Committee on Science and Technology Committee has published its report on the draft IP Bill…
GDPR: The End for the Marketing List Industry?
Chris Bridges focuses on the impact of the GDPR on one particular data-dependent industry….
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Rights of Data Subjects under the GDPR
In the latest in our series of articles focusing on aspects of the GDPR, Tim Hickman and Dr. Detlev Gabel review the various rights granted under the GDPR, consider how they differ from the current set of rights set out in the Directive and go on to consider the impact that each such right is likely to have on organisations that act as data controllers….
The Future of ‘Safe Harbor’
Sarah Pearce reviews the position on Safe Harbor/Harbour and suggests a way forward…