As predicted in an article I wrote earlier this year, the EU are on the cusp of finding the UK’s data protection regime adequate. The draft decision has been published and so you don’t have to read the whole 87 page document I took one for the team and have summarised the bits I thought might be of interest,…
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The information contained in this article is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter So…it’s here! Despite many saying it was not possible, a free trade deal has been done. Whether it’s a good deal or a bad deal for the UK is yet to…
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I’m sure you’re already well on the way to planning your 2021…what it’s December already? Yup, the annus horribilis that is 2020 is coming to an end. With multiple vaccines in the pipeline, 2021 should [hopefully] be a year where we can get things back to normal. Well, a new normal! Whilst 2020 has placed a number of restrictions…
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On an Ominous Friday the 13th, the UK Data Protection Regulator, the ICO, fined Ticketmaster UK Ltd £1.25million for a data protection breach that occurred over 9 weeks in 2018. In an interesting twist, some of the breach occurred pre-GDPR and some occurred post-GDPR. The 7-figure fine reflects the part of the breach that occurred…
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We’re now in the period between Halloween and Christmas. The Christmas music is now in the supermarkets (as they’re the only things open at the moment) and people are looking towards cobbling together some semblance of a family get-together subject to the local Coronavirus restrictions. Some people have already put up their decorations whilst others…
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Now I don’t know about you but, after months of Covid restrictions, there is now little left to watch. Having whistled my way through the entire MCU and the Star Wars nonet during lockdown I found myself flicking through the documentaries looking for something new to watch to decompress after a long day. I’ve avoided…
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The UK Test and Trace system has, again, come under fire for IT Glitches. The latest “glitch” is the manifestation of an obvious data quality risk. The test and trace system is overriding address information provided by student end users with data held in a central source. This issue has occurred because some bright spark…
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This is general legal information, nothing in this article should be considered advice. The Court of Justice for the European Union has just this week published its decision on Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (C-311/18) or, as many in the data protection world will better know it as, Schrems II. The…
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First things first – I am no parenting expert! Up until very recently, I thought that when a baby cries, they need one of four things…cuddles, feeding, nappy change or medical attention. Now it is still true that when a baby cries they most likely need one [or more] of those things. It is also…
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The news ebbs and flows and so too do people’s attitudes to the world around them. We are all influenced by the media. Take knife crime. In 2019, knife crime was a significant problem in London. So we should ban knives! Knives are dangerous! Knives should not be used under any circumstances. Why are you…
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