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Organisations received £155 million in GDPR fines in 2020

IT Governance

In 2020, organisations received €182 million (about £155 million) in fines for violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , according to an IT Governance report. There were at least 92 GDPR fines in Q4 2020, with more than a quarter of them coming from Spain. Who are the worst offenders?

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UK police forces suffered more than 2,000 data breaches in 2020

IT Governance

UK police forces experienced 2,386 data breaches in 2020, according to data gathered by VPNoverview. For example, the report revealed that police stations suffered 299 data breaches on average between January 2016 and April 2021. Who are the worst offenders?

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Data Protection: Where’s the Brexit Privacy Dividend?

Data Protector

One of the Government's core objectives throughout the Brexit negotiations has been to respect data protection rights, slash Brussels' red tape and allow the United Kingdom to be a competitive safe haven for businesses all over the world. The GDPR has had a profound impact on many organisations.

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UK ICO Opens Consultation on Data Transfer Agreements and Guidance

Data Matters

On 11 August 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) launched a public consultation on its draft international data transfer agreement and guidance ( Consultation ). Moreover, the ICO has not yet formally acknowledged the EU SCCs, i.e. , as a valid data transfer mechanism under the UK GDPR.

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The Impact of Data Protection Laws on Your Records Retention Schedule

ARMA International

It is essential that your organization’s records retention schedule is compliant with the data protection requirements in the jurisdictions where your organization operates. Introduction to Data Protection Laws. Personal data protection requirements may be issued by federal, state (provincial), or local governments.

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CJEU’s Judgment on Validity of EU Standard Contractual Clauses Due July 16, 2020

Hunton Privacy

The AG also raised concerns regarding the Privacy Shield, an alternative mechanism for transferring personal data from the EU to the U.S. The judgment will be of great importance to businesses around the globe, the vast majority of which rely on SCCs to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S., Background to Schrems II.

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European Data Protection Board Issues Schrems II Recommendations

Data Matters

Privacy Shield program (“Privacy Shield”) and potentially required supplementary protections to be implemented when Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) are used to ensure an ‘essentially equivalent’ level of data protection. In the Schrems II decision, the CJEU assessed the degree of data access by U.S.