The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Personal data – an expanding concept?

Dec 2016

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...

ODPC publishes guidance on the GDPR

Dec 2016

The ODPC has published guidance, The GDPR and You - Preparing for 2018, to help organisations prepare for the GDPR.

A&L Goodbody Guide on the EU General Data Protection Regulation

Oct 2016

Article

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...

European Commission Adopts Privacy Shield

Jul 2016

The European Commission has today adopted the Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is intended to provide a framework for EU-US data transfers.

Data in Disarray: The Aftermath of the Safe Harbour Decision

Oct 2015

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...

CJEU Declares Safe Harbour Invalid

Oct 2015

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has declared that the Commission's US Safe Harbour Decision 200/520 is invalid

Cyber risk - the legal landscape

Oct 2015

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...

Data Subject Access Requests – UK versus Ireland

Sep 2015

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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.