By Patrick Van Eecke & Anne-Gabrielle Haie (DLA Piper Brussels) “My Data is Mine” In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, four European Consumers Organisations launched on 30 May 2018 to coordinate collective actions against Facebook in Belgium (Test-Aankoop/Test-Achats), Italy (Altroconsumo), Spain (OCU) and Portugal (Deco-Proteste). The Consumers Organisations argue that Facebook has infringed […]

On 12 July 2018, the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain) issued Law No. 30 of 2018 on the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). The PDPL will enter into force on 1 August 2019, giving businesses just under one year from the date of this article to prepare for the new regime. The PDPL will be a […]

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) has issued technical guidance outlining the consequences for UK / EU data protection under a “no-deal” Brexit. The guidance clarifies: The UK does not plan to make any immediate changes to its own data protection standards, or proposed adoption of the GDPR. The Data Protection Act […]

The UK’s supervisory authority for data protection, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“), has published guidance in relation to international transfers under the GDPR.   Of particular interest is the ICO’s stated position that a transfer of personal data to a non-EEA data importer does not constitute a restricted transfer in cases where the General Data […]

On 5 July 2018, the Polish Parliament passed the Act on the National Cybersecurity System (“ANCS” J. of Laws 2018.1560), which will enter into force on 28 August 2018. The ANCS will implement the provisions of the Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for […]

By Peter Jones, Nicholas Boyle and Claire Kermond. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (the OAIC) has released its second Quarterly Statistics Report on the mandatory notifiable data breaches scheme. There were 242 total data breaches reported in the last quarter – a marked increase from the 63 data breaches reported in the first […]