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Sam Clark

News Editor, Law Business Research

Sam is Global Data Review’s news editor. He covers the changing law around data and is particularly interested in how the legal landscape will react to data’s increasing value. Other areas of interest include adtech, divergence among European regulators and data breach litigation. He joined Global Data Review in July 2018 after writing for a technology news publication in London, which covered cybersecurity as part of its beat. He has a degree in history and a master’s in journalism, both from the University of Kent.

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Johannes Caspar: Facebook/WhatsApp, urgency and the one-stop-shop
CNIL puts companies on notice over cookie failings
First GDPR cloud codes of conduct approved
Data and competition convergence ramps up in UK
Commercial data use increasingly restricted by consumer attitudes
Reform, revolt or resume? The future of the one-stop-shop
Australian regulator given extra cash for Consumer Data Right
Dutch regulator issues rare fine for EU representative requirement
Low FCA breach notification figures higher in reality, Kroll says
Tencent among apps targeted by Chinese regulator
Microsoft begins EU data localisation process
Exclusive: Strained Irish data regulator gets big staff boost
Spanish authority issues another million-euro fine
Google data transfers enforcement heats up
Norwegian regulator issues multimillion-euro adtech fine
Portuguese regulator halts Cloudflare transfers
Equifax fined one million euro in Spain
Japan crackdown on Line messaging app starts
Facebook facing litigation in Germany over massive data leak
Apple app tracking rules rollout approaches
Top European courts diverge on data retention
EU unveils long-awaited AI regulation
Denham: “I don’t like to be in the business of issuing fines”
EDPB: international agreements need to be reviewed
Japan’s data regulator beefs up
Google misled users over location data, Australian court rules
EDPB cautiously blesses UK adequacy
Irish data regulator formally probes Facebook
Civil society hits out at “weak” ePrivacy proposal
Hamburg regulator uses GDPR urgency rules to chase Facebook
Tech platform data leaks pile up
TikTok facing Irish complaint
Facebook facing regulatory scrutiny over monster breach
UK considers regulation changes to ease data sharing
CNIL cookie clampdown starts tomorrow
EU-Korea data flows deal greenlit
California’s data enforcer is already strapped for cash
Schrems “sceptical” about updated Privacy Shield talks
Cookies, cohorts and competition: the attention economy battleground
Mailchimp customer data transfers scrutinised
European data enforcers can’t make their fines stick
Facebook denied US Supreme Court review of tracking lawsuit
Searching for the exit: data considerations in early-stage investment
Italian competition authority issues another data fine
Longstanding data regulator tensions go public
Criticism of “vague” Data Governance Act continues
MEPs slam UK adequacy deal
European Commission to probe adtech economics
Vodafone hit with multimillion-euro GDPR fine
Data retention rears its head again

EU data bosses push back on Data Governance Act
EU TikTok user data possibly accessed in China, Dixon says
Belgium data regulator urged staff to hand over covid test results
Tracking is dead, Google says
UK looks to forge own path in data protection
Google Sweden delisting fight escalates
Multimillion-euro German fine overturned, but fight continues
Draft SCC clash with Irish law reaches European Commission
Wiewiórowski: UK-EU data deal must not set precedent
MEP urges caution and private sector input on EU data strategy
GDPR immaterial damages pressure builds
UK declared adequate
Schrems II enforcement process begins in Germany
ECJ set to consider GDPR immaterial damages
Facebook hit with second Italian fine over data notices
TikTok data practices under attack again
Clubhouse data protection practices face scrutiny
GDPR questions heading to Dutch Supreme Court
A rocky road ahead: ePrivacy reactions
ePrivacy finally gets moving
Dutch regulator set to gain hundreds of staff
Report: Outdated technology holding back Irish GDPR enforcement
Apple privacy changes may cost developers millions
Facial recognition feeling the squeeze
Community news roundup: changes at the regulators
Online advertising drives huge Big Tech revenues
European regulators buckle under Schrems pressure
Zuckerberg and Cook butt heads over privacy
Clearview AI profiles illegal, Hamburg regulator says
What we learned from the UK and EU’s data transfer chiefs
New SCCs expected by March
Australian privacy mass action payouts underway
Controversial third-party cookie phaseout gathers pace
Grindr facing hefty adtech fine
European Parliament hit with complaint over data transfers
Irish regulator confirmed as lead authority for TikTok
Revealed: the Data Governance Act’s teething problems
First hint of UK-EU data divergence appears
Uber Canada data breach class action fails
Data enforcement looks set to hot up in Spain
Second Spanish big bank GDPR fine to be appealed
Jelinek and Wiewiórowski call for SCC improvements
Data community news roundup: promotions, hires and more
WhatsApp privacy changes face regulatory investigations
Facebook Belgium: door left open for GDPR enforcement jostling
German fine calculation set for more scrutiny
Irish Twitter fine looks set to stay despite objections
Roundup: Asia-Pacific data news from the Christmas break
Deliveroo rider algorithm ruled discriminatory
Brexit deal gives UK adequacy reprieve

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