The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Data Protection Commission Annual Report 2020

Mar 2021

Publication

The Data Protection Commission has published its Annual Report for 2020.

EU Commission publishes draft UK adequacy decisions

Feb 2021

Article

The EU Commission looks set to adopt two adequacy decisions in favour of the UK, which will allow businesses to continue to freely transfer personal data from the EU/EEA...

Member States agree on Council’s text for ePrivacy Regulation

Feb 2021

EU Member States have reached an agreement on the negotiating mandate for the draft ePrivacy Regulation (ePR). The ePR will repeal and replace the ePrivacy Directive (ePD) and all member...

EDPB’s register of one-stop-shop decisions now live

Jun 2020

The register of one-stop-shop decisions is now live on the EDPB website. It contains access to summaries and final decisions adopted by the Lead Supervisory Authorities (LSAs), working together with...

DPC publishes Regulatory Activities Report for 2018-2020

Jun 2020

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published a two year Regulatory Activities Report, which reviews the range of its regulatory tasks from 25 May 2018 to 25 May 2020.

DPC Guidance on Return to Work Safely Protocol

Jun 2020

In recent weeks, employers have been busy implementing the recommendations set out in the Government’s Return to Work Safely Protocol, in preparation for employees returning to the workplace. 

Belgian DPA issues €50,000 fine for DPO’s conflicting company roles

Jun 2020

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (Belgian DPA) recently imposed a €50,000 fine on a large telecommunications operator (the company), for failing to comply with the GDPR in relation to the appointment...

EDPB issue updated guidelines on consent

May 2020

Publication

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published updated Guidelines 05/2020 on Consent under the GDPR, replacing the previous Article 29 Working Party Consent Guidelines published in April 2018.