Jonathan McDonald

Sep 25, 2024 | lexology.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald |Daisy Jones |Gemma Nash

EU Commission plans to create new SCCs for data transfers to third country controllers and processors subject to GDPRThe European Commission has announced that it is planning to consult on a new set of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) to specifically address the scenario where personal data is sent to a data importer who is located in a non-EEA country, but is directly subject to the EU GDPR.

Jul 25, 2024 | mondaq.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald

Summer call to action Data-oriented businesses and enterprises developing new and innovative products will be encouraged by the mention of a new Digital Information and Smart Data bill in the King's Speech and the potential for the setting up of smart data schemes.

Jul 25, 2024 | lexology.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald |Daisy Jones |Gemma Nash

UK King's Speech 2024: new Digital Information and Smart Data Bill | ICO publishes annual report 2023/24 | TechUK and others call on the new government to modernise UK's data protection frameworkSummer call to actionData-oriented businesses and enterprises developing new and innovative products will be encouraged by the mention of a new Digital Information and Smart Data bill in the King's Speech and the potential for the setting up of smart data schemes.

Jun 28, 2024 | mondaq.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald

The two main political parties (Conservative and Labour) competing to win the general election on 4 July 2024 have published their manifestos. The Conservative Party manifesto does not mention the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill), which fell after the "wash-up" period. However it does say that "only the Conservatives will keep on removing EU laws from our statute book". The bill aimed to clarify and simplify obligations under the UK GDPR.

Jun 26, 2024 | lexology.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald |Daisy Jones |Gemma Nash

UK general election: what the main parties say about data | EDPB adopts opinion on facial recognition at airports | ICO publishes its finalised Enterprise Data StrategyUK general election: what the main parties say about dataThe two main political parties (Conservative and Labour) competing to win the general election on 4 July 2024 have published their manifestos.