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Exporting Personal Data From China: New Guidance on Standard Contracts

Analysis • August 29, 2023

Introduction The Cyberspace Administration of China on 30 May 2023 released the Guidance for the Filing of the Standard Contracts for the Outbound Transfer of Personal information. The Guidance supplements the Measures for Standard Contract forthe Outbound Transfer of Personal information, and sets out the filing process that data controllers (called “personal information processors” under…

International Data Transfers: An Update

Analysis • August 16, 2023

Convention 108+: The Council of Europe Releases Model Contractual Clauses for Global Data Transfers On June 27, 2023, the Council of Europe announced the adoption of its first module of the Model Contractual Clauses for cross-border data transfers based on the Protocol amending the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing…

AI: opening the door to justice

Analysis • August 16, 2023

The use of artificial intelligence in the law has become a subject of intense discussion. In early July, Richard Susskind, President of the Society for Computers and Law, provided his thoughts, including: “Lawyers and the media would do well to ask more often what generative AI means for access to justice and for the client…

Claims against IT service providers following a cyber attack

Analysis • August 14, 2023

In this article we consider the circumstances in which a company which suffers a cyber attack may seek to recover its losses from an IT services provider, and the factors which the company and its advisors should consider. A typical scenario is where a company outsources the management of its IT systems to a managed…

HM Treasury and Bank of England consult on digital pound

Analysis • February 8, 2023

A digital pound would be a new form of digital money for everyday payment needs….

3D Avatars, graveyards, and the Law

Analysis • January 31, 2023

Mauricio Figueroa ponders what will happen to the avatars of the dead in the metaverse….

Facial recognition technology: Supporting a sustainable lockdown exit strategy?

Analysis • May 10, 2020

A team from DLA Piper look at how the use of facial recognition technology – and the regulation surrounding its use – might play out in the exit from COVID lockdowns, focusing in particular on examples in Ireland, Denmark and China….