What you buy, watch and read online is scooped up ostensibly to tailor services to you, but it is often sold on. New EU rules will help people take back control. If somebody from a shop you occasionally visited phoned and asked what you had been doing for the past month, would you tell them? […]
Read MoreGuernsey To Have Own Data Protection Office
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Read MoreFines under the GDPR – Lessons from Italy
On the 10th March 2017, the Italian Data Protection Authority – The Garante – fined five companies more than 11 million euros for unlawful processing of personal data. This decision from the Italian Data Protection Authority demonstrates a willingness from at least one EU data protection agency to levy fines that appear consistent with the GDPR, […]
Read MoreChannel islands – Trusts Law vs Data Protection Law & Disclosure to Beneficiaries & others
Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 74 A recent decision of the Court of Appeal in the UK suggests that beneficiaries seeking trust information may be able to get around trust law restrictions by filing a data subject access request under data protection legislation. The case of Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing LLP [2017] […]
Read MoreShould you share you client details with overseas advisors and others (NO?)?
Channel Islands firms (especially trustees) should ensure that information relating to their deliberations and the exercise of their discretion (including any legal advice they seek) remains in Jersey/Guernsey (Channel Islands). Where overseas (outside the channel islands) advisers are used (e.g., the UK) there is a danger that such information may be disclosed under the data […]
Read MoreProtecting Personal Data in Online Services.
Protecting personal data in online services: Learning from the mistakes of others. Read in Full Here: http://bit.ly/2fI7tA6
Read MoreSafe Harbor: Statement from working group of EU data protection authorities
Following the decision of the ECJ on 6 October 2015 declaring the EU-US Safe Harbor system for data transfer invalid, the Article 29 Working Group of European data protection authorities has now issued a statement setting out its views on several critical issues going forward. The statement emphasizes that transfers relying on Safe Harbor are […]
Read MoreEU court finds US data Safe Harbor invalid: EU businesses must find new routes across the Atlantic
On 6 October 2015, the issued a judgment striking down the US safe harbor framework, which lets EU businesses send personal data to the US businesses registered under the scheme. This briefing explains the background and implications of the ECJ decision. Note that the ECJ’s decision does not pose a direct threat to a significant […]
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