Category GDPR & Data Protection
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Artificial Intelligence – Regulatory Update – Part 1
In our AI-Mini Series, our commercial team take a look at recent regulatory developments in the AI space, what the effects of regulation will look like and expected timelines for enforcement. Part one of our WABComment series explores the EU’s regulatory approach to AI, looking at the EU Artificial Intelligence…
Matt Johnston – Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer 2023
Congratulations to Partner, Matt Johnston who has been named as one of Thomson Reuter’s Stand-out Lawyers of the year for 2023. Matt was independently nominated for the award. Nominated by senior legal buyers from around the world, “Stand-out Lawyers” are recognized for their high quality of work, business and commercial…
EU Commission adopts new Standard Contractual Clauses
Article 46 of the GDPR lists Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the Commission, as an ‘appropriate safeguard’ for transfers of personal data to a third country that does not have adequacy status. In essence, SCCs are standard sets of contractual terms and conditions, approved by the European Commission, which…
Processing Personal Data
A practical approach to maintaining compliance with the GDPR (This is the second blog in the series written by Alex Matheson) The GDPR provides that personal data should be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it…
The Right to be Informed & Forgotten
A practical approach to GDPR compliance (written by Alex Matheson) This is the first blog in a series that reviews the new data rights with particular detail given on the right to be informed & the right to be forgotten. The spirit of the regulation As you probably know, the GDPR regulates the…
Data protection liability: Full compliance isn’t enough
The actions of rogue employees in data breaches may leave even GDPR-compliant businesses facing huge damages claims Wm Morrisons Supermarket PLC (Morrisons) has been found vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee in breach of data protection legislation, even though the company itself was held to be compliant.…