Today, through the Queen’s Speech, the UK Government has set out its legislative program for the next Parliamentary term. The speech outlined 38 proposed laws, including the Data Reform Bill.

The introduction of the Data Reform Bill will reform the UK’s current data protection framework, bringing in potentially significant changes to the UK GDPR and…
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Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Yue Lin Lee, Gwyneth To and Jing Qin Cho

Companies providing cybersecurity services (“CSPs“) in Singapore will now have to obtain a licence for the provision of such services by 11 October 2022.

The licensing framework took effect from 11 April 2022.

The licensing framework is part of the Cybersecurity…
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On 1 March 2022, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (“DCMS”) released their most recent draft Telecommunications Security Regulations (“Regulations”) and an associated draft Code of Practice (“Code of Practice”) for consultation. The Regulations and Code of Practice form part of several new security measures introduced…
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By: Heidi Waem and Verena Grentzenberg

On 2 February 2022, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Belgian DPA) rendered its long-awaited decision against IAB Europe with regard to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF).

In this blogpost we will discuss:

• The procedure
• TCF, RTB and the TC String
• The findings of

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By John Magee, Eilis McDonald, Nicole Fitzpatrick, Sarah Dunne & Laoise McMahon

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published its 2021 Annual Report, highlighting key observations, emerging guidance, and large-scale inquiries and decisions of 2021.

Primary areas of focus for the DPC in 2021 included the safeguarding of children’s data protection rights, progressing ongoing…
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By: Andy Serwin ‖ Ross McKean ‖ Carolyn Bigg

In response to the heightened geo-political tensions resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the package of economic sanctions imposed by the West, the risk of cyber-attacks by Russia and her proxies is high.  We may see an increase in economic extortion to generate revenue to…

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Authors: Denise Lebeau-Marianna & Divya Shanmugathas

The French Supervisory Authority (the “CNIL”) regularly conducts investigations based on various triggering events such as a complaint, an article or its annual program that the CNIL regularly publishes on its website.

On 15 February 2022, published a post regarding its upcoming dawn raids for 2022.

As…
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Following the ICO’s public consultation, launched in August last year, the final version of the international data transfer agreement (IDTA), as well as the international data transfer addendum to the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses for international data transfers (Addendum), has been laid before Parliament.

The IDTA aims to address…

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