Key considerations for a SaaS Agreement Key Contact: Rachelle Sellek & Declan Goodwin Author: Rachel McCulloch The number of businesses offering remote and flexible working opportunities has increased rapidly over the past few years. A key factor enabling these shifts in the way we work is the development of and increasing use of technology in...Read More
Are Cyberattacks A Force Majeure Event? Key Contact: Rachelle Sellek & Declan Goodwin Author: Rachel McCulloch Cyberattacks are in the headlines once again. This year Ukraine has suffered a number of cyberattacks which its government says are on a completely different level to anything they have seen before. For example, the websites of several Ukrainian banks and government departments...Read More
The ICO’s International Data Transfer Agreements Key Contact: Rachelle Sellek & Declan Goodwin Author: Rachel McCulloch Clarification as to how the UK will handle international transfers of personal data post-Brexit has been long-awaited. Under UK data protection laws, organisations are required to implement valid data transfer mechanisms when transferring personal data outside the UK to...Read More
A Possible End to Trivial Data Protection Claims? Key Contact: Hugh Hitchcock Author: Kate Francis-Hughes Whilst the additional protections offered by the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/279 and Data Protection Act 2018 can be considered a significant step in the right direction as regards autonomy over personal data, questions have to be asked as to...Read More
Ransomware: Holding Your Data Hostage Key Contact: Lowri Morgan-Macdonald When you hear the word “ransom”, you may automatically think of innocent bystanders being held hostage at gunpoint, or the child of a prominent politician being kidnapped, each with the promise of their release only in return for the payment of a ransom (you might even...Read More
Do I need consent to send marketing to my contacts? Key Contact: Lowri Morgan-Macdonald One of the common misconceptions, particularly since the GDPR came into force in May 2018, is that you always need express opt-in consent in order to send marketing to customers, clients, or other contacts. However, that is not necessarily the case....Read More
Data Breaches and Implications Key Contact: Lowri Morgan-Macdonald Author: Abby Stephens The Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO), the independent authority responsible for regulating data protection in the UK, has imposed a significant number of fines on companies in recent years for failing to protect customer information. For example, British Airways (BA) was fined £20 million...Read More
What does Brexit mean for data protection? Author: Lowri Morgan-Macdonald Following the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020, you may be wondering what, if any, steps you need to take in order to ensure that you continue to comply with data protection laws. In this article, we have sought to answer...Read More
Draft UK adequacy decision finally announced Author: Lowri Morgan-Macdonald On 19 February 2021, the European Commission finally announced a draft adequacy decision in respect of the UK. This represents a long-awaited and essential step in ensuring that personal data can continue to flow freely from the EU to the UK following the UK’s exit from...Read More
New Standard Contractual Clauses from the European Commission Author: Lowri Morgan-Macdonald The European Commission recently published new draft standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA. The new SCCs are intended to modernise the currently outdated SCCs and to provide more flexibility, for example by allowing the clauses...Read More
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