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Action required: Ensure compliance with UK Data Transfer Mechanism

In 2022, the UK government introduced new mechanisms for transferring personal data outside the country. Previously, companies relied on EU Standard Contractual Clauses (EU SCCs) for data transfers. However, post-Brexit, the UK introduced its own alternatives:  The International Data Transfer Agreement (“IDTA”) – A equivalent of the EU SCCs for international data transfers for international […]

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A 2023 Recap on the GDPR Landscape in the UK

The implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 marked a significant shift in data privacy regulations worldwide. While the UK had left the European Union by the time the GDPR came into effect, it retained the regulation as part of its domestic law. In 2023, the UK’s data privacy landscape has seen […]

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Passage of UK Data Protection Bill

The UK’s New Data Protection Bill – Where Are We? The Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill is currently making its way through Parliament. GDPR Local founder Adam Brogden looks at what that process involves. There’s a lot to like about the new UK Data Protection Bill (to give it its informal name). […]

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Change to UK Data Protection

GDPR Changes: What’s Happening With the Digital Protection and Digital Information Bill? The UK Data Protection Bill is back and much of it offers hope for UK businesses. If it can make it through Parliament, that is… something its predecessor failed to achieve. GDPR Local founder Adam Brogden looks at the challenges and opportunities it […]

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Luxembourg delivers first GDPR accreditation

The national commission for data protection has become the first data protection authority in Europe to accredit a GDPR certification body. On 12 October, Luxembourg’s national commission for data protection accredited the entity EY PFS Solutions via its certification mechanism, GDPR-CARPA (General Data Protection Regulation-Certified Assurance Report-Based Processing Activities). The mechanism is the first to be adopted […]

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EU/UK representative services

Article 27: Article 27 of the GDPR includes the requirement for companies that provide goods and services to EU citizens should provide an EU based Representative so that data subjects and Regulators can easily contact companies to raise data protection issues or concerns. Now that the UK has left the EU the situation becomes slightly […]

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