With still no Withdrawal Agreement in place and eight weeks until the transition period ends, businesses should be planning now to ensure the continuity of EEA-UK data flows. Identifying affected intra-group, customer and vendor arrangements and preparing priority action plans is a crucial first step. Our guide prepared by Francesca Fellowes, Andrea Ward and Asel … Continue Reading
Personal data and its transfer over international boundaries hit the news in July 2020, yet again, as the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down the Schrems II decision on data transfers reaffirming its strong backing for data protection rights. In October, a CJEU ruling on UK (as well as French and Belgian) … Continue Reading
The UK Government has released a position paper, “The exchange and protection of personal data: A future partnership paper” as part of the ongoing Brexit negotiations. This is one of many papers released by the UK Government last week but is a high priority for both the UK and the EU given the importance of … Continue Reading
The UK’s vote to leave the European Union has introduced an added layer of complexity around data privacy in the UK. Our Data Privacy and Cybersecurity team have prepared a briefing to look at how Brexit is likely to impact data privacy obligations in the UK and to consider how data privacy strategies should be adapted.… Continue Reading