The Network and Information Security Directive (‘Cybersecurity’ Directive)
Stewart James gives an account of this important new pending directive…
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Privacy & Data Protection
Tidal Wave on the Horizon: The GDPR and SMEs
Matthew Holman aims to clarify the SME exemptions and specific provisions set out in the compromise text of the GDPR. He also explores some of the areas where SME provisions were anticipated but ultimately were not included…
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GDPR and ICO Funding: What now for the Information Commissioner?
In another in our series focusing on the impact of the GDPR, Natalie Stockmann asks if the end of the old funding model for the ICO creates a challenge or opportunity…
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Killing Cloud Quickly, with GDPR…?
Kuan Hon mourns the (impending) death of cloud computing at the hands of the GDPR, and even suggests a song to sing while preparing for its demise…
GDPR: the Science – no, Art – of Pseudonymisation and Anonymisation
In the latest in our series of articles on the GDPR, Cynthia O’Donoghue and Tom Evans give their take on its impact on pseudonymisation and anonymisation…
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Article 29 Working Party Statement re Schrems, Safe Harbour and the Privacy Shield
Following the presentation by the EU Commission of its proposals for a replacement for Safe Harbour – the Privacy Shield – the Article 29 Working Party has released a statement of its position….
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GDPR and the Digital Age of Consent for Online Services
Martin Sloan and Kathryn Alexander look at the effect of the GDPR on younger users and the controversial restrictions on their use of online services…
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New Court Judgment on Intermediary Body’s Liability for User Comments
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a self-regulatory body and an Internet news portal were not liable for the offensive online comments of their readers…
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Passing the Baton
Mark O’Conor has taken over from Roger Bickerstaff as Chair of SCL. Laurence Eastham got to talk to them both about what it means for SCL…
ICO Consultation on Privacy Notices Code of Practice
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a revised Privacy Notices Code of Practice and is seeking a range of views on that revised code and a number of related matters….
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