Standard contractual clauses are valid for the transfer of personal data says Advocate General
Advocate General questions validity of privacy shield but advises Court not to rule on it….
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CMA announces that Amazon’s Deliveroo investment raises competition concerns The Competition and Markets Authority has said that Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo raises serious competition concerns for UK customers that may require an in-depth investigation by the CMA. While Amazon would not take full control of Deliveroo’s business, the CMA has assessed how the deal could…
CJEU: sale of second-hand e-books via a website is a communication to the public
Case arose from defendant providing access to second hand e-books to a ‘reading club’…
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Predictions: The rise of new regulation to deal with anonymous persons who can hide behind instruments like blockchain
Katie Simmonds and Andy Parsons from Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP see that blockchain and GDPR may not be compatible….
Predictions: “OK Boomer”: watch out for a cyberbreach
Conor Courtney, SCL Ambassador at UCL, is worried about an overlooked cyber security risk in the student world….
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Reflections & Predictions: DSARs as a weapon
Andrew Haslam, eDisclosure Project Manager at Squire Patton Boggs, reflects on the unintended consequences of DSARs and the cautious progress of the eDisclsoure pilot. Plus who will win the Six Nations?…
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European Commission publishes EU Cybersecurity Taxonomy The European Commission has recently published a revision of its cybersecurity taxonomy guidelines. The taxonomy aims to provide a clear definition of the cybersecurity context, its domains of application, research and knowledge. It proposes a high level set of definitions and categorisation domains so that they can be used…
Reflections on 2019: Convergence, Incursion and Contradictions
Kicking off our Predictions, Reflections and Resolutions in earnest, Anna Cook and Vik Khurana of Bristows reflect on how technology has featured in society in 2019, touching on announcements by tech companies, investigations by regulators and pitches by political leaders….
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FSB reports on financial stability implications of BigTech and cloud services
Cloud services report concludes that there do not appear to be immediate financial stability risks arising from the use of cloud services by financial institutions….
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Key Takeaways from the SCL Outsourcing Masterclass – Wednesday 20 November 2019, London
A summary of the key learning outcomes from the recent SCL Outsourcing Masterclass from Rebecca Andersen, Max Harris, Martha Crnkovic, Neelum Dass, and Ralph Giles….