Are you ready for 2018’s privacy rules? Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation scare season is in full swing and suppliers are pretty much saying “buy our stuff or risk fines up to four per cent of your annual revenues.” If you haven’t done any preparation yet, is it really that bad and what should you […]

The May deadline to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is swiftly approaching, and ad tech and security startups are forming a new industry: privacy tech. Companies like PageFair, Evidon, Prifender, Tealium and Segment hope to capitalize with GDPR compliance solutions for brands, publishers and even other ad tech vendors. The International Association […]

If you haven’t yet heard of the GDPR, then by 25 May 2018 you certainly will have. GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation, and is being introduced to address modern concerns over data protection in the digital age. The way we use data has evolved significantly over the past 20 years. Those four little letters […]

There are good reasons why so few meaningful laws exist to govern the Internet. If there were an easy way to govern it, many more such laws would presumably have been implemented years ago. Cyberspace is a fast moving and ever-changing landscape that caters to criminality, and illegal and outrageous behavior. No set of laws […]

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a computer was stirring, not even a mouse; The security measures were in place round the data with care, In hopes that Anonymous soon wouldn’t be there; The data protection officers were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of gap analyses danced […]

Jersey’s data protection laws could be overhauled if draft legislation proposed by the Council of Ministers is agreed by the States Assembly. Ministers say that the proposed laws would help to strengthen individuals’ rights, as well as ensure that Island businesses remain competitive. On 28 May next year the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation […]

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 […]