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GDPR Legitimate interest: Pandora's Box?

UK to update NIS regulations

The UK government has announced upcoming changes to its cybersecurity regulations, on the heels of the EU’s own NIS2 directive.

US leads the charge for adequacy replacement

The US is pushing for the worldwide expansion of the Cross-Border Privacy Rules framework as regulators start to look beyond adequacy agreements for the next iteration of international data transfer law.

Australia passes privacy update

Australian lawmakers have cleared privacy legislation that will increase maximum fines, hand the country’s regulator extra investigative powers and increase its ability to undertake extraterritorial enforcement.

ECJ to hear more access right questions

A German court has referred a series of questions on the scope and enforceability of access rights to the European Court of Justice.

EDF fined €600,000 in France

The French data regulator has fined the country’s leading electricity company €600,000 after finding several GDPR breaches, including around the security of 2.4 million customer account passwords.

Osler expands data litigation offering

Canadian firm Osler has increased its litigation team with a former McCarthy Tétrault partner, as the country’s data and privacy landscape goes through significant shifts.

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India privacy overhaul draws mixed reactions

Observers have criticised India’s new data protection bill over a lack of clarity and excessive governmental control – but praised its business-friendly and flexible provisions.

Children’s data breach reveals potential UK enforcement gap

The UK’s privacy regulator has reprimanded a ministry for granting an employment screening company improper access to children’s data, but its investigation into the company was forced to end once it was dissolved.