New breach rules for telcos and ISPs: the shape of things to come?
Draft rules coming into effect next month for communications service providers on when and how to notify data security breaches are the clearest indication yet of the obligations proposed for all data...
View ArticleSerious set-back for draft General Data Protection Regulation
The EU’s ambitious plans for a radicalisation of data protection laws have suffered a serious set-back. EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding finally conceded in a speech at a meeting of EU justice...
View ArticleWhen should you alert customers to data breaches? Important new EU guidance...
With the Heartbleed web vulnerability in the tech headlines, the practical guidance issued recently by EU regulators on when to alert individuals to data breaches (and on preventive steps to reduce the...
View ArticleGoogle Spain and the right to be forgotten: what next?
Last week’s seismic decision in the Google Spain case continues to generate many column inches of comment and will no doubt continue to do so for some time. Datonomy's colleagues in Olswang's...
View ArticleEU DP reform – where has it got to, and what should you do now to prepare?
Just what IS the state of play on the draft Regulation? This was the hot topic at the recent IAPP conference in Brussels. The Datonomy Team has been taking stock of progress and has produced a guide to...
View ArticleCyber update for the week commencing 20 July 2015
The latest round up of legal and regulatory developments and news on cyber security from the Datonomy blogging team at Olswang LLP. With thanks to Datonomy’s correspondents Tom Pritchard in London and...
View ArticleCyber update for the week commencing 27 July 2015
The latest round up of legal, regulatory and other news from the Datonomy blogging team at Olswang LLP. With thanks to: Christian Leuthner in Munich, Aisling O’Dwyer and Matt Hunter in Singapore, and...
View ArticleWeekly cyber alert – Summer Holiday Special
Before Datonomy readers head off for their well-earned summer holidays, here’s a quick round up of “end of term" UK and EU regulatory activity. The weekly cyber update will also be taking a break...
View ArticleOlswang’s German IT and Data Protection Update
Datonomy's correspondents in Germany have just published their latest update on IT and data protection developments. It includes: a status update on the GDPR, on which further trilogue negotiations...
View ArticleNot another Safe Harbor update – a round up of other data and cyber news
The likely demise of the US Safe Harbor is dominating the data news headlines - but what else is happening in the world of data and cyber regulation? Datonomy provides a round up of other recent...
View ArticleNew EU cyber security and breach reporting rules agreed; in force 2017?
Late yesterday (7 December) the EU institutions reached a deal on the Network and Information Security Directive. The Directive will introduce new cyber security requirements for providers of key...
View ArticleGDPR agreed at last; formal ratification and final text awaited
It is just over four years since Datonomy reported on the leak of the Commission's original DP reform proposals and, as most readers will have heard by now, last night the EU institutions reached...
View ArticleWebinar invite: a first look at the new GDPR – 12 January, 5pm UK time
As Datonomy readers will be aware, political agreement was reached on the new General Data Protection Regulation last month. While we await formal ratification and a final text, Datonomy invites its...
View ArticleUS transfers: uncertainty continues as EU regulators require improvements to...
Datonomy summarises the latest developments in the ongoing saga of US data transfers. What's new? On 13 April, the Article 29 Working Party announced their eagerly awaited – but as it turned out,...
View ArticleGDPR approved – get ready now!
After years of drafting and debating, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was approved by the European Parliament yesterday (14 April). It is expected to be published in the EU Official...
View ArticleCookies, OBA, e- Marketing and more: have your say on revisions to the...
In all the excitement last week over the European Parliament's approval of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the US Privacy Shield, you may have missed that the European Commission...
View ArticleGDPR published in the Official Journal: in force from 25 May 2018
For all those avidly (and patiently) watching the progress of the General Data Protection Directive, just a quick update from Datonomy to let you know that the final text has today been published in...
View ArticleData, data everywhere and not a minute to think
In the past year, we have seen Safe Harbor declared invalid and the EU-US Privacy Shield put in place, as well as the start of the countdown to GDPR compliance. Datonomy contributors Elle Todd and Rob...
View ArticleA blended approach with GDPR in mind: ICO’s Privacy Policy Code of Practice...
What is the new code and what does it recommend? The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on 7 October 2016 has published a new code of practice on privacy notices, following its consultation back...
View ArticleOlswang Webinar catch up: GDPR AND THE RETAIL INDUSTRY
Last week, as part of Olswang's GDPR readiness and Talking Retail webinar series', lawyers from the firm's data protection and retail sector teams hosted a webinar looking at the implications of the...
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