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EU Commission approves EU-to-UK data transfers (for now)

European Union, United Kingdom - July 2 2021 The EU Commission has adopted an ‘adequacy’ decision that will allow businesses to continue to send personal data from the EEA to the UK - just a few…

Eugene McQuaid, Giles Pratt

EU’s ePrivacy reforms: a UK perspective

European Union, United Kingdom - March 1 2021 The EU Council has reached a compromise agreement on its position on the new ePrivacy Regulation. This involved coming to agreement on various issu…

Xanthia Hargreaves, Giles Pratt

Employers not liable for rogue employees’ data breach - UK Supreme Court

United Kingdom - April 1 2020 The Supreme Court has held today that employers are not liable for data breaches committed by rogue employees who are acting outside the course of…

David Mendel, David Pollard, Giles Pratt

UK government seeks input on improving cyber security

United Kingdom - November 15 2019 The UK government is asking businesses to comment on what could be done to improve levels of cyber security in the UK. The Government’s research…

Giles Pratt

EU adopts Data Protection Regulation - in force 2018

European Union - April 14 2016 The EU Data Protection Regulation was finally adopted on 14 April 2016, following four years of negotiation. The Regulation, which has been highly…