Category Archives: GDPR

European Parliament approves text of forthcoming EU Regulation on the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data within the European Union

Posted on Wednesday 17th October 2018 by

On 4th October 2018 the European Parliament (by 520 to 81 votes) agreed the text of the proposed EU Regulation on the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data in the European Union. The draft Regulation was proposed by the European Commission in 2017, … Continue reading →

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Free Information Governance Briefings for the Health Sector

Posted on Wednesday 5th September 2018 by

Act Now Training is pleased to announce a series of free Information Governance briefings for the health sector. The IG landscape has changed dramatically in a relatively short space of time. Healthcare professionals are facing new challenges in the form of … Continue reading →

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ICO Refuses to Disclose GDPR Policy Document for Special Categories Data

Posted on Wednesday 29th August 2018 by

In the months leading up to 25th May 2018, data controllers will have been working like Trojans to become GDPR compliant. Data Protection Officers may have been pulling their hair out at the length of their ‘to do lists’.  Not least, working out … Continue reading →

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Facebook Fan page administrators need to be GDPR compliant

Posted on Monday 20th August 2018 by

  By Susan Wolf In our previous blog we considered the recent, and much awaited, decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union  (CJEU) on the status of Facebook fan page users [1]. After protracted litigation in the German … Continue reading →

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Decision: Facebook Fan Page Administrators are Data Controllers

Posted on Wednesday 15th August 2018 by

By Susan Wolf On 5th June 2018 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its long awaited Facebook fan page decision. The case concerned the definition of data controller under the now repealed Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC [1] and in … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Protection, GDPR, Personal Data, Social media | 2 Comments

The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union ( CJUE) post Brexit

Posted on Thursday 2nd August 2018 by

By Susan Wolf In our previous Blog, we examined the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and explained that the GDPR, EIR and PECR will remain on the domestic statute book post Brexit. In other words they will continue to be … Continue reading →

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The EU Withdrawal Act 2018: What does it mean for information rights practitioners?

Posted on Wednesday 1st August 2018 by

By Susan Wolf Amidst all the media attention about the resignation of David Davis and Boris Johnson, and what type of deal (if any) the UK will end up with, uncertainty seems to be the current default setting in British … Continue reading →

Posted in Article 50, Data Protection, EU DP Regulation, EU Withdrawal, GDPR | 1 Comment