The European Commission has adopted a UK adequacy decision regarding personal data transfers from the EU to the UK. Personal data can continue to flow freely from the EU to the UK, as the data protection regime in the UK has been deemed to offer an equivalent level of personal data protection. This is good […]
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What’s new? The European Commission released their finalised Standard Contractual clauses (“SCCs”), which will become effective on 27th June 2021. SCCs are the most commonly used mechanism to export personal data outside of the EEA/UK to countries that have not been deemed to have an “adequate” level of personal data protection for individuals. Following the […]
Despite Brexit, the UK Government has confirmed that it intends to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018. We explore how organisations should start preparing for the risk based approach to compliance adopted by the GDPR. […]
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Businesses both within, and transacting with, the EU need to plan to manage the significant impact and major penalty regime of the new regulations. […]
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