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Can California achieve data adequacy?
As negotiations between the US and EU over trans-Atlantic data flows move at a snail’s pace, a member of California’s newly constructed privacy regulator has floated the idea of the state achieving GDPR adequacy.
13 September 2021
How European regulators toughened the Irish WhatsApp decision
European data protection authorities forced their Irish counterpart to strengthen its stance against WhatsApp, in a decision that may have wider repercussions for large tech companies that process EU personal data.
03 September 2021
ECJ Case Tracker
The GDR European Court of Justice Case Tracker allows subscribers to monitor all GDPR-era cases in the EU courts.
27 August 2021
Report sounds alarm over companies brokering active-duty military data
New research has found that at least three of the world’s 10 largest data brokers sell information on US active-duty military personnel – a situation critics say jeopardises national security.
25 August 2021
UK data breach claimants face more pressure
The market for low-value UK data protection litigation is in trouble, after a ruling undermined the viability of claims that are issued in court. Most claims are resolved long before courts get involved – but settlement strategies may also be unviable for claimant firms.
23 August 2021
Data shows one-stop-shop development and regulators’ appeal failures
New data covering the first three years of GDPR enforcement suggests that some European data protection authorities are struggling to make their fines stick – and that the one-stop-shop’s centre of gravity may be shifting away from Ireland.
13 August 2021
Australia takes steps towards ransomware payment reporting
Australia’s parliament is considering a bill that would force companies that pay ransomware attackers to file mandatory reports to a regulator. DLA Piper senior associate Sarah Birkett unpacks the proposed legislation.
06 August 2021
Selling UK adequacy after sunset
Organisations relying on the free flow of personal data between the EEA and the UK have weathered a turbulent few years – and features like the sunset clauses in the UK adequacy decisions mean some uncertainty is set to persist, say Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner partner Kate Brimsted and senior associate Tom Evans.
03 August 2021
China’s new Data Security Law – one month to implementation
Morgan Lewis & Bockius Shanghai partner Todd Liao and associate Sylvia Hu analyse how companies can comply with China’s new data security framework.
30 July 2021
Q&A: Handling social care data
James Robson is the DPO for research organisations specialising in social care. He spoke to GDR about the unique challenges of working with sensitive data, internal security measures, and the sector’s approach to data breaches.
26 July 2021