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Information Law weekly highlights—12 November 2020

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Published on: 12 November 2020
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Table of contents

  • Data protection
  • EDPB adopts detailed recommendations on the implications of Schrems II
  • ICO publishes new guidance on criminal offence data under the GDPR
  • ICO publishes report and audit on political parties’ data protection compliance
  • EDPB adopts first dispute resolution decision
  • ICO identifies innovations helping combat financial crime
  • ePrivacy
  • Germany seeks to break ePrivacy Regulation deadlock
  • Cybersecurity
  • DCMS responds to consultation on amending NIS Regulations and Network and Information Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provision etc) Regulations 2020 made

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Information Law weekly highlights includes: news that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted two recommendations providing guidance following the Court of Justice's ruling in Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems (widely know as Schrems II), Case C-311/18. It also includes news that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance on criminal offence data under the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) as well as a report on political parties’ data protection compliance.

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