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Subscription traps: new law on the way
Posted: 14/09/2023
The long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the DMCC) was introduced to Parliament on 25 April 2023 and is now at Committee stage in the House of Commons. Touted as the 'new bill to stamp out unfair practices and promote competition in digital markets', the DMCC enhances the Competition and Markets......>>
EU Commission adopts adequacy decision on data transfers under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
Posted: 17/07/2023
On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, having concluded that the United States ensures an adequate level of data protection - comparable to that of the EU - for personal data transferred to US companies participating in the framework. The decision allows for......>>
Update on the UK-US data bridge
Posted: 21/06/2023
On 8 June 2023, US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the US and UK had reached a commitment in principle to establish a UK/US ‘data bridge’ between their two countries. The data bridge will be an extension of the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which is expected to be adopted......>>
‘GDPR reform bill’: new proposals announced by UK government
Posted: 14/03/2023
On 8 March 2023, the UK government re-introduced the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill as the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill to Parliament. The bill was first introduced in June 2022 but was then paused for further consultation with business leaders and data experts. The government press release that accompanied......>>
ICO issues £4.4 million fine for information security breaches
Posted: 10/11/2022
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has this week fined Interserve Group Limited £4.4 million in respect of data security failures exposed by a phishing attack that compromised the personal data of up to 113,000 of its current and former employees......>>
Data transfers to the US: a step closer to Privacy Shield 2.0
Posted: 09/11/2022
On Friday 7 October 2022, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework announced in March. The framework aims to address concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Schrems II, that led the CJEU to invalidate the EU’s adequacy decision......>>
Student contracts and Covid: recent CMA and OfS guidance
Posted: 12/01/2022
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has reiterated that contractual terms allowing a higher education (HE) provider to cancel or withdraw an offer, or change entry requirements, will likely be ‘unfair’ under consumer protection law. The pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 have been riven with uncertainties for all of us......>>
One step closer to free flow of personal data: EDPB publishes opinions on the European Commission’s draft adequacy decisions
Posted: 06/05/2021
On 13 April 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted two opinions on the European Commission’s draft adequacy decisions, which were issued in February 2021. The first relates to the transfer of personal data under the GDPR and the second to the transfer of personal data under the Law Enforcement Directive...…>>
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