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Data Protection News: UK-US Data Bridge Announcement Read Article

Data Protection News: UK-US Data Bridge Announcement

Overview The UK-US Data Bridge was announced by UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) on 21 September and starts on 12 October. If companies meet certain conditions, they will be able to transfer personal data to the US... Read Article

New international data transfer mechanisms for UK organisations Read Article

New international data transfer mechanisms for UK organisations

If you transfer personal data from the UK to countries without adequacy status (e.g. the USA), your organisation needs to be aware that from 21 March 2022 new mechanisms for secure transfers were introduced in the UK.  These include... Read Article

European Guidance on Data Controllers and Processors – Members’ Update Read Article

European Guidance on Data Controllers and Processors – Members’ Update

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB1) has published Guidelines 07/2020 on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR.  See below for more details.   Members may also find the BHBIA's updated Data Protection Update – Naming... Read Article

Brexit - latest guidance - UK Data Protection Adequacy Confirmed Read Article

Brexit - latest guidance - UK Data Protection Adequacy Confirmed

Latest Update - June 2021: UK Data Protection Adequacy Confirmed The UK’s data protection regime has now been formally deemed ‘adequate’ by the European Commission.  An adequacy decision allows organisations that transfer personal data from the... Read Article

Data Protection News - New EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) Read Article

Data Protection News - New EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

The European Commission (EC) published new SCCs on 4 June 2021. The updated SCCs bring them in line with the GDPR and recent European Union Court of Justice (CJEU) judgements.  https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_2847 The... Read Article