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UK Proposes Reforms to Data Protection Laws

September 22, 2021
Editorial Team
Artificial Intelligence, Breach Notification, Cookies, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Sharing, GDPR, Governance, United Kingdom

On 10 September 2021, the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) published its long-awaited proposals for reform of the country’s data protection laws. The consultation paper includes a detailed and comprehensive set of suggested amendments to the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), with…

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Switzerland and United Kingdom Issue Guidance for Data Transfers to SEC

August 19, 2021
Tim Crino
Compliance, Data Privacy, European Union, GDPR, Privacy Shield, SEC, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Businesses and organizations registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are often required to share personally identifiable information (PII) with the regulatory body. But for entities that have operations outside of the U.S., complying with SEC requests has created a legal conundrum since the European Court of Justice’s Schrems 2.0 ruling–which invalidated the EU-U.S.…

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