The European Union is to make a submission to the U.S. Supreme Court in its hearing of the U.S. Department of Justice’s appeal against a ruling which prevented prosecutors from gaining access to emails held by Microsoft in Ireland. The case has attracted significant attention from technology and media companies due to concerns that an […]

More than 5 million people in the UK could be entitled to compensation from Google if a class action against the internet giant for allegedly harvesting personal data is successful. A group led by the former executive director of consumer body Which?, Richard Lloyd, and advised by City law firm Mishcon de Reya claims Google unlawfully collected […]

Morrisons has been found liable for a former employee leaking personal information about nearly 100,000 members of staff in a landmark case which could prompt companies to limit workers’ access to data. The ruling opens the way to potential compensation for the workers, although the supermarket chain said it would appeal against the judgment. In the […]

European Union privacy regulators have threatened to bring a legal challenge to a year-old EU-U.S. pact on the cross-border transfer of personal data if their concerns about its functioning and U.S. surveillance practices are not resolved by the autumn of 2018, they said in a report. The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield pact was agreed last year […]

Jerseys draft data protection legislation, the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 201- and Data Protection Authority (Jersey) Law 201- has been lodged “au Greffe”. They can be found at the following link on the States Assembly website, with the references P.116/2017 and P.117/2017. http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/Pages/Propositions.aspx A press release was sent out, which can be found at this link. https://www.gov.je/News/2017/Pages/DataProtectionLaw.aspx Also attached for your reference a […]

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and people share their data on a colossal, unprecedented scale, the issue of data protection is becoming ever more important. Data protection in the European Union is about to undergo a big shake-up. Next May will see the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) come into force. The regulation will […]

With strong penalties expected for companies that don’t comply, the travel industry is gearing up for new data regulation, which comes into effect in May next year. May 25th next year is a momentous day for Europe. It’s not a royal wedding, but the day that a new piece of legislation comes into effect. The General Data […]

TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence) – Canada has proposed new regulations outlining how organizations, including financial firms, will report and record cyber-security breaches, assess potential harm, and notify affected individuals. The proposal, which aligns with EU data-protection rules that take effect next year, is intended to implement mandatory breach-reporting requirements described in the Digital Privacy […]