Floundering on the Rock(s) of data protection
I looked a bit further into the data protection situation re: British Overseas Territory Gibraltar (EU-UK-GIB-Spain), which is quite intriguing
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Author: Douwe Korff
Transfers of personal data from the EU… not a “Mission Impossible”
Contrary to comments from the European Commission, personal data transfers from the EU following the Schrems II judgment are not a mission impossible.
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The inadequacy of the EU Commission’s Draft GDPR Adequacy Decision on the UK
The European Commission published last month its draft decision finding the UK’s data protection regime to be “adequate” in GDPR terms. It would be a serious mistake for the EU Member States (the GDPR Article 93 committee) to approve this decision.
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UK adequacy, international transfers, and human rights compliance
Has the European Court of Human Rights fully considered the UK’s surveillance practices? And is the ICO taking adequate steps to protect European data against them?
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“The United Kingdom is not a third country under EU law”
The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) stipulates, in Article FINPROV.10A, that, from the coming into (provisional) effect of that
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Data protection and data transfers on the island of Ireland after the post-Brexit transition period
The data protection regime in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, will almost certainly change at the end of the
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The UK’s inadequate data protection framework
Once the Brexit withdrawal agreement “transition period” ends on 31 December 2020, the UK will become a “third country” under
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Baden-Württemberg DPA Issues Guidance on Data Transfers Following Schrems II
The Baden-Württemberg Data Protection Authority issued advice to data controllers in this German state following the Schrems II judgment on
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Korff on Kuner: Schrems II Re-Examined
Comments on: Chris Kuner, Verfassungsblog, Schrems II Re-Examined, 25 August 2020: Below are some comments by me on the above blog.
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Schrems II, from Snowden to China
Marc Rotenberg is quite right, in his new article Schrems II, from Snowden to China: Toward a new alignment on
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