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New UK data transfer tools laid before Parliament

In a final step following the consultation on international data transfers carried out by the ICO last year (The ICO consults on international data transfers post-Brexit (Part 1 – UK SCCs) | Fieldfisher), on 2 February 2022 the Department for…
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State of play of the EU’s digital legal landscape

On 9 March 2021, the Commission presented a vision and avenues for Europe’s digital transformation by 2030. Determined to make this Europe’s “Digital Decade”, the EU Commission has made several legislative proposals with a view to strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty.
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Data Protection Day 2022

This Data Protection Day we thought we would look ahead to the legislative changes taking place, the regulatory work in progress, recent judicial landmarks, trends we are seeing our clients grapple with and other areas the privacy community is addressing.
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What future for the transfers of personal data?

International data transfers have dominated the scene in 2021. Since the court of Justice of the EU issued the so-called ‘Schrems II’ decision in July 2020, companies have been grappling to understand how they can continue to transfer personal data…
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What’s a data transfer under the GDPR?

In a post-Schrems era, understanding what constitutes a transfer of personal data is not a trivial question. Data flows which do not amount to a data transfer under the meaning of Chapter V of the GDPR will not be subject…
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Banks face arduous task transitioning loan books to RFRs

The deadline to transition from IBORs to alternative risk free rates (RFRs) for some currencies is drawing closer and one of the critical aspects challenging the smooth transition of loan books relates to the fact that RFRs are fundamentally different…
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The updated standard contractual clauses — A new hope?

And so, at last, they’re here. Met with a level of anticipation — and, it must be said, apprehension — equal only to the announcement of a new Star Wars film, the new European Union standard contractual clauses for “the…
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