The EU Network and Information Systems Directive (“NISD”) was required to be implemented into national law by 9 May 2018. The UK implementing regulations (the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018) (“Regulations”) are now in force. The Regulations impose cyber… Read more

In anticipation of the GDPR, various guidance has been published by the Article 29 Working Party, the body of national EU data regulators. Of most relevance in the cyber context is the guidance on personal data breach notifications; the Article… Read more

In light of the booming market of the Internet of Things (“IoT”) and of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has published an article focusing on the key factors manufacturers and retailers of IoT devices… Read more

The Department of Health published its Review of Data Security, Consent and Opt-Outs (the “Review”) earlier this year. Incidents such as WannaCry (refer to article above for more detail) have created awareness of the ease and speed with which cyber-attacks… Read more

Following its Second Reading in the House of Lords, on 22 November 2017 the draft Data Protection Bill (the “Bill”) passed the Committee Stage and will next be considered at the Report Stage on 11 December 2017. The Bill was… Read more

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) ruling in Barbulescu v Romania (61496/08) is a timely reminder of the limits of employers’ ability to monitor their employees’ private activity on work IT systems. The case concerned… Read more

Last month the Council of the European Union published its progress report on the first draft of the ePrivacy Regulation (the "Draft Regulation"). The Draft Regulation was issued by the EC in January of this year and focuses on the… Read more

On 12 July 2016 the European Commission adopted an "adequacy decision" allowing for the transatlantic transfer of personal data from the EU to the US in accordance with the framework and principles of the EU-US Privacy Shield (the "Privacy Shield").… Read more