At the beginning of a new year, we are looking ahead to five key technology trends in the EMEA region that are likely to impact businesses in 2023.
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Updates on developments in data privacy and cybersecurity
Fredericka Argent advises emerging and leading companies on intellectual property and data protection issues, including copyright, trademarks, e-commerce and piracy. She has experience advising companies in the technology, pharmaceutical, luxury brands and media sectors. Her practice encompasses regulatory compliance and advisory work. She regularly provides strategic advice to global companies on complying with data protection laws in Europe. Ms. Argent has experience conducting IP enforcement. She represents right owners, including in the publishing and fashion industries, and helps coordinate an in-house internet investigations team who conduct global monitoring, reporting, notice and takedown programs to combat Internet piracy.
At the beginning of a new year, we are looking ahead to five key technology trends in the EMEA region that are likely to impact businesses in 2023.…
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On 1 April 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its ruling in WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12. The Court ruled that Morrisons was not vicariously liable for a data breach deliberately perpetrated by an employee. The judgment is significant in that it overturned the decisions of the two lower courts (the High Court and Court of Appeal) and provides guidance for employers on when they may be held vicariously liable for data breaches and other violations of the GDPR involving employees, who act as independent controllers in their own right.
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On March 3, 2016, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) released new guidance on encryption. The guidance aims to provide advice to organizations on protecting personal data (such as customer and employee data) through the use of encryption. There is no legally-binding requirement under UK data protection law to encrypt data, either when static or…
On October 12, 2015, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (“LIBE”) Committee held a debate to discuss the aftermath of the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruling in Case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (see summary of the ruling here and summary of the Advocate-General’s Opinion here). The debate was chaired by the LIBE Committee Chair, Claude Moraes, and started with a presentation from the European Parliament’s Legal Service. The Legal Service provided a summary of the CJEU’s decision, and set out the following points:
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