Data protection

This Practice Note discusses the impact of Brexit on the general processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679...

The General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 4 May 2016. Its provisions became...

The General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR), includes a right to data portability. This right allows individuals to obtain from a...

This Practice Note on data protection and outsourcing provides guidance on: • the data protection regime under the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU)...

The General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) contains a set of core data protection principles that controllers must comply with. These are...

This Practice Note tracks noteworthy High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Court of Justice cases related to data protection, ePrivacy, misuse of private...

This Practice Note explores issues and best practice relating to the sharing of personal data between controllers (including joint controllers and independent...

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the data protection regime before 25 May 2018 and reflects the position under the Data Protection Act 1998...

Although the text of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) refers throughout to the ‘Union’, it is stated on page one of the GDPR...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly raises the bar on what constitutes consent and in relation to obtaining, managing and recording consent. This...

Historically, many commercial organisations relied on consent as the main lawful ground for processing personal data. This is because the pre-General Data Protection...

This Practice Note introduces the general prohibition under Chapter V of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) on the cross-border...

Background to the General Data Protection Regulation The General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the...

This Practice Note is a consolidated list of key General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) compliant Precedent terms, clauses, provisions,...

The General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) became directly applicable and fully enforceable in EU Member States on 25 May 2018. The main...

This Practice Note addresses the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) as it applies in the UK where a processor will process personal...