CJEU Ruling on Internet Jurisdiction
Dr Andres Guadamuz reflects on a clarifying ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union on Internet defamation and the forums for proceedings…
Privacy & Data Protection
WhatsApp and Facebook: Article 29 Working Party Dissatisfied with Privacy Changes
The Article 29 Working Party has delivered a strong letter to Jan Koum, the CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp, expressing its continuing dissatisfaction with that app’s policies on the sharing of data…
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Where Standards and Contracts Collide
Mark Bailey sees important lessons for tech lawyers in a case concerning wind farm design defects…
Data Protection: More Article 29 Working Party Guidance – Fines and Transport
The Article 29 Working Party has published guidelines on administrative fines as well as an opinion on data processing in the context of ‘Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems’…
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AI Report: Good Vision but Hard Questions Remain
Sue McLean thinks a new government AI report outlines a positive vision, but leaves some key questions unanswered…
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Facebook, Standard Contractual Clauses & Data Transfers: Next stop the CJEU
Mark Rasdale & the A&L Goodbody Technology & Commercial Group summarise the key points from the recent judgment by the Irish High Court that refers to the CJEU questions about the validity of SCCs and data transfers….
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Privacy Shield Works, says EU Commission
According to the EU Commission the first review of the Privacy Shield shows it works but implementation can be improved…
Data Protection: New Article 29 Working Party Guidelines Issued
Clarification of some of the obligations under the GDPR have been issued…
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Data Protection: Controllers, Processors, Contracts, Liability – the ICO Draft Guidance
Kuan Hon offers a careful analysis and critique of the ICO draft guidance on contracts between controllers and processors…
EDPS Offers Further Recommendations on the Draft ePrivacy Regulation
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published recommendations on specific aspects of the proposed ePrivacy Regulation…
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