Finally… PSD2
Simon Deane-Johns reviews the final version of the new Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market. This article supersedes his article published online in June 2015….
Privacy & Data Protection
The Collapse of the US-EU Safe Harbor: Solving the New Privacy Rubik’s Cube
In the first in our series of longer articles arising from the decision of the CJEU in Max Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, offers his thoughts on the likely effects….
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Monetary Penalty Notice Imposed on Online Pharmacy
The ICO has imposed a monetary penalty on Pharmacy 2U for a breach of the first data protection principle, ie regarding fair and lawful processing of data….
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Schrems and Safe Harbor: Article 29 Working Party Statement
The Article 29 Working Party has agreed an official statement following the CJEU’s ruling in Schrems which casts great uncertainty over data transfers outside the EU…
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Schrems: Safe Harbor Certainty Destroyed
The CJEU has ruled that the EU Commission’s Safe Harbor decision, that the USA ensures an adequate level of protection of the personal data transferred, is not conclusive of the issue….
Schrems: Comments and Reaction
Such has been the welter of reaction to the CJEU judgment ‘invalidating Safe Harbour’ that readers may find it useful to have a guide to some of the comments of value…
RtbF: Whose law is it anyway?
Caroline Thompson asks ‘Can Google just pick and choose which laws apply online?’…
Insolvency Protection for IT Supplies
The Insolvency (Protection of Essential Supplies) Order 2015 comes into force on 1 October 2015. Rita Lowe and Helen Coverdale offer a reminder and make some suggestions for suppliers and insolvency practitioners…
Weltimmo Judgment: Data Protection Jurisdiction
The Court of Justice of the European Union has given judgment in a case concerning the reach of data protection supervisors, ruling that one Member State’s supervisor can have jurisdiction on organisations mainly established beyond the border of that State. Lorna Woods reports on the case and explains its implications…
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Bara Judgment: Data Exchange between Administrative Bodies Needs Notice
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that persons whose personal data are subject to transfer and processing between two public administrative bodies must be informed in advance…
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