The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The GDPR affects all businesses and was enacted on 25 May 2018. It has introduced substantial changes to data protection law, and businesses should ensure they have taken the necessary steps to comply with the new rules.
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The e-Privacy Regulation – What’s new?
The European Commission has published its draft e-Privacy Regulation which, if adopted, will replace the existing e-Privacy Directive.
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How to prepare for the new EU General Data Protection Regulation in the Healthcare sector
The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will come into force on 25 May 2018. All Hospitals, Healthcare Organisations (HCOs) and Healthcare Practitioners (HCPs), as data controllers and processors must comply with the...
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GDPR guidance on Data Portability, DPOs & Lead Supervisory Authority
The Article 29 Working Party has issued a press release and three sets of guidelines and FAQs on implementation of some key issues under the GDPR.
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Personal data – an expanding concept?
This article examines the concept of "personal data", in light of the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice in Breyer (C-582/14), the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s Guidance...
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ODPC publishes guidance on the GDPR
The ODPC has published guidance, The GDPR and You - Preparing for 2018, to help organisations prepare for the GDPR.
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A&L Goodbody Guide on the EU General Data Protection Regulation
On 5 October 2016, our IP & Technology team hosted a seminar on the new EU General Data Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect from 25 May 2018. The Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, gave a...
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European Commission Adopts Privacy Shield
The European Commission has today adopted the Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is intended to provide a framework for EU-US data transfers.
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Data in Disarray: The Aftermath of the Safe Harbour Decision
The judgment runs to 28 pages and it contains some far-reaching pronouncements on the citizen's right to privacy and the limits to state interference with that right. These aspects of the...
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CJEU Declares Safe Harbour Invalid
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has declared that the Commission's US Safe Harbour Decision 200/520 is invalid
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Cyber risk - the legal landscape
Recent high profile security incidents illustrate that no institution or business is immune from cyber attack. A cyber attack on the White House in 2014 resulted in a partial shutdown of...
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Data Subject Access Requests – UK versus Ireland
This article examines a recent English High Court decision, which highlights the diverging approaches of the English and Irish Courts to Data Subject Access Requests.
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Court refuses to grant declaration as to identity of the data controller
The High Court, in In the Matter for Mount Carmel Medical Group (South Dublin) Ltd (In Liquidation) [2015] IEHC 450 considered the issue of who is a data controller under data protection...
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