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2 months ago | 
williamfry.com | Leo Moore |Rachel Hayes |Jordie Sattar
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William Fry LLP is celebrating the Council of Europe’s annual Data Protection Day. As we approach the 7-year mark of GDPR, Europe’s data protection regulatory regime has seen a renewed focus in the context of emerging digital reforms. Equally, new guidance and decisions from courts and data protection authorities have shaped the data protection landscape for organisations.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Rachel Hayes |Leo Moore
Under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, a legal basis to process personal
data exists where it is necessary for the purposes of the
legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party,
except where such interests are overridden by the interests or
fundamental rights and freedoms of the relevant data
subject(s).
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Ronan Shaughnessy |Rachel Hayes |Leo Moore |Jordie Sattar
Following their engagement with social media companies
(SMCs) and other key stakeholders, the regulators
issued a concluding joint statement (Concluding
Statement).
The Concluding Statement builds on the initial joint statement
published in August 2023 (see our previous article here). It highlights additional measures that
organisations, particularly SMCs, should implement to safeguard
personal data against unlawful data scraping.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Louisa Muldowney |Rachel Hayes |Leo Moore
On 8 October 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published draft guidelines for the processing of personal data based on the legal basis of legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Ronan Shaughnessy |Ashley Hennessy |Rachel Hayes |Leo Moore
On 28 October 2024, sixteen international data protection regulators reaffirmed their joint views about the risks and expected standards of compliance associated with data scraping from a privacy and data protection perspective. Following their engagement with social media companies (SMCs) and other key stakeholders, the regulators issued a concluding joint statement (Concluding Statement).
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Cian Byrne |Barry Scannell |Leo Moore |Rachel Hayes
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Leo Moore |Barry Scannell |Rachel Hayes
This morning at William Fry's Grand Canal Square office,
ITGC held a breakfast briefing on 'Being Smart about Artificial
Intelligence: AI's impact on in-house legal roles'. The
event which was sponsored by William Fry gathered data from over 60
attendees.
Addressing the event, ITGC Founder Sarah Irwin (former Tines
General Counsel turned entrepreneur and community builder), said:
"Ireland is at the cutting edge of AI regulation with many Big
Tech and Big Pharma EMEA headquarters based here.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Ashely Hennessy |Barry Scannell |Rachel Hayes
A survey by ITGC (Irish Tech General Counsel) has revealed that 60% of in-house lawyers based in Ireland are using AI to power in-house legal work, with over 50% of the companies they work at having an established cross-functional team in place dedicated to AI governance. This morning at William Fry’s Grand Canal Square office, ITGC held a breakfast briefing on ‘Being Smart about Artificial Intelligence: AI’s impact on in-house legal roles’.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Leo Moore |Barry Scannell |Rachel Hayes
A survey by ITGC (Irish Tech General Counsel) has revealed that 60% of in-house lawyers based in Ireland are using AI to power in-house legal work, with over 50% of the companies they work at having an established cross-functional team in place dedicated to AI governance. This morning at William Fry’s Grand Canal Square office, ITGC held a breakfast briefing on ‘Being Smart about Artificial Intelligence: AI’s impact on in-house legal roles’.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jordie Sattar |Rachel Hayes |Leo Moore
On 12 September 2024, Coimisiún na Meán
(CnaM) issued formal information requests (RFIs) to twelve digital
service providers (providers) about their approach to reporting
options for illegal content and points of contact for users under
the Digital Services Act (DSA).
The issuance of these voluntary requests is timely as providers
are in the early stages of embedding compliance with the DSA.
