Brussels seeks to tie UK to European human rights court after Brexit
Brussels is seeking to bind the UK to the European court of human rights – which is entirely separate to […]
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EU Commission rejects UK’s approach for personal data transfers
The UK Government’s Brexit policy assumes that the Data Protection Act 2018 is good enough to obtain an adequacy determination […]
UK calls for special EU deal on data-sharing laws after Brexit
UK negotiators in Brussels have warned of significant economic and security dangers for Europe should the EU not grant a […]
Arron Banks, the insurers and my strange data trail
Carole Cadwalladr just wanted to insure her car. Six months later, she found a mass of personal details held by […]
Advertising Association calls for ‘deep alignment’ of European data protection post-Brexit
The Advertising Association has unfurled its colours to the mast of continued ‘deep alignment’ between the UK and Europe on […]
Regression in human rights safeguards ‘likely’ post-Brexit
Brexit is likely to bring about a “significant regression” in human rights safeguards in the UK, the European Parliament has […]
50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump’s election team and the winning Brexit campaign harvested millions of Facebook […]
Can Theresa May get the data protection deal she wants?
Twice now — first at a speech focused on security, in Munich, then this past Friday in her so-called “Five […]
How UK Data Protection Bill reduces data subject rights
Given that it is the Second Reading of the Data Protection Bill (DPBill) today, I thought I would write a […]
UK PM confident of maintaining data protection standards post-Brexit
This afternoon, Theresa May, Prime Minister, spoke about data protection law as part of her major policy speech in London […]
Buttarelli gives the post-Brexit options for the UK and insights into the EU DP Board
Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor, in London yesterday, explained that Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner, has been working hard […]
May Wants Total Alignment With EU Data Rules After Brexit
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May proposed keeping Britain in total alignment with the European Union’s data-sharing rules after Brexit, something […]