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Following the conclusion of the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) 2021 consultation on the UK’s draft international data transfer agreement and accompanying methodology, the Secretary of State laid before Parliament the final version of the transfer documents on 28 January 2022. Collectively, the following documents are intended to be used by organisations transferring personal data outside … Read more
A new dawn for UK data protection regulation is upon us, ushering a “golden age of growth and innovation” according to the UK Government. As Elizabeth Denham’s term as the UK Information Commissioner draws to a close at the end of this month, this is hot on the heels of the UK National AI Strategy … Read more
The new EU standard contractual clauses (New EU SCCs) came into force today for the transfer of personal data from the EEA to third countries under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) (EU GDPR). Read more
As the preferred new Information Commissioner appeared before the DCMS Select Committee for pre-appointment scrutiny today, we consider some of the key elements of the UK’s ambitious package of post-Brexit global data plans (“UK Global Data Plans“). Read more
The UK has taken its first big data protection step in a post-Brexit world with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) publishing its own version of an international data transfer agreement and accompanying methodology for conducting international risk assessments on 11 August 2021. The ICO has published the following documents, which all inter-relate with one another: … Read more
With the interim data transfer window under the Brexit Trade Agreement expiring yesterday, on 28 June 2021 the European Commission adopted two adequacy decisions confirming the UK as an adequate jurisdiction for GDPR and Law Enforcement Directive purposes – just in time to allow the uninterrupted free flow of personal data from the European Union … Read more
Background On 28 May 2021, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) published a call for views on the first draft chapter of its anonymisation, pseudonymisation and privacy enhancing technologies draft guidance). This first chapter is part of a series of chapters of guidance that the ICO will be publishing on anonymisation and pseudonymisation and their role … Read more
Seven months after the European Commission published its draft new Standard Contractual Clauses for data transfers between EU and non-EU countries (the “Draft SCCs“) for consultation (see our blog post here (the “Draft SCCs Blog“)), they have now published a finalised set of Standard Contractual Clauses (“Final SCCs“) with little fanfare (available here). It should … Read more
Background On 18 May 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS“) released the government’s response (the “Response“) to the consultation on the National Data Strategy (the “Strategy“). The Strategy was released in September 2020 as an attempt to pave the way for ‘unlocking the value’ of data across the economy. The Strategy … Read more
