We live in a world of “datafied” children – whether we’re posting their photos on our social media pages, storing baby monitoring data in the Cloud or letting our kids use online services. Indeed, the likes of Facebook, Snapchat and …

Data sharing agreements between organisations with whom you send and receive information plays a major role in your compliance with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and similar regulations. Your organisation might refer to it by a different name – …

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is characterised by its widespread departure from previous European data protection laws – and one area where this is particularly the case is the scope of its application. Not only does the GDPR apply …

The Information Commissioner’s Office held its 2021 Data Practitioner’s Conference earlier this month, bringing together more than 3,000 data protection professionals from across the country. In a year filled with obstacles – from COVID-19 to Brexit – there was no …

In 2016, Marriott International purchased Starwood Hotels & Resorts to become the world’s largest hotel chain. But at no point during that $13.6 billion takeover did Marriott realise that it wasn’t only acquiring 11 new brands but also an unsecure …

A German publishing company has become the first organisation to face enforcement action for its use of SCCs (standard contractual clauses) following the demise of the EU–US Privacy Shield. The BayLDA (Bavarian Data Protection Authority) ruled that the publisher failed …

Although the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is rooted in EU law, organisations across the globe have been told that they must comply with its requirements. This has been most prominent in the US, which is the EU’s biggest trading …