On 12 November, the European Commission published two sets of documents:

  1. draft of the new standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data from the European Union to third countries (“New SCCs”); and
  2. draft of standard contractual clauses that can be used by controllers when engaging processors located in the European

On 4 September 2019, the High Court in England and Wales rejected a judicial review claim brought by Edward Bridges, a civil liberties campaigner (the “Claimant“) regarding the use of automated facial-recognition technology (“AFR“) by the Chief Constable of South Wales Police’s (“SWP“).  The High Court dismissed claims that

The Employment & Benefits group is pleased to announce the publication of A Global Guide to Employee Data Privacy, the latest in our series of global guides.

Benefits of the Guide

Our largest guide to date, it is designed to help employers with operations in more than one country navigate the specific, and increasing,

Today, the GDPR replaces existing data protection laws throughout Europe and introduces significant changes and additional requirements that will have a wide-ranging impact on businesses around the world, irrespective of where they operate.

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