Data Downgrade Down Under?

Handley Gill Limited’s data protection consultants consider the implications of the 2021 Free Trade Agreement between the UK and Australia - taking effect on 31 May 2023 - for the protection of personal data and the ease of international transfers of personal data.

Nicola Cain31 May 2023BREXIT, UK, United Kingdom, Australia, Data Protection, Personal Data, Privacy, Data Privacy, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, UK GDPR, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, Section 17A Data Protection Act 2018, Adequacy Decision, Adequacy Regulations, New Zealand, European Commission, Secretary of State for Science Innovation & Technology, Marketing, Direct Marketing, Consent, Marketing Consent, Privacy Act, Privacy Act Review, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Foreign Office, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Science Innovation and Technology, Department for Culture Media & Sport, Data Transfer, Restricted Data Transfer, Restricted International Data Transfers, International data transfers, Standard contractual clauses, Derogations, Data Controller, Data ProcessorComment

Biden waves Privacy Magic Wand

President Biden issued Executive Order On Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities on 07 October 2022, enhancing the safeguards afforded to global citizens and laying the foundation for adequacy findings by the European Commission and Secretary of State for ex-EEA and ex-UK restricted international data transfers. While the risk of legal challenge to any adequacy finding would remain, such findings would provide welcome respite for the millions of data exporters who are neither equipped nor resourced to conduct wide ranging reviews of foreign legislation at an individual level.

Nicola Cain8 October 2022Data Protection, Personal Data, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 45 GDPR, Article 45(2) GDPR, Article 46 GDPR, UK GDPR, Article 45(2) UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, DPA 2018, Section 74A Data Protection Act 2018, S.74A Data Protection Act 2018, International Data Transfers, Restricted International Data Transfers, Adequacy Decision, Adequate Countries, Qualifying State, international Data Transfer Risk Assessment, Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield, Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, Executive Order On Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities, Max Schrems, noyb, Schrems II, Case C 311/18, CJEU, Secretary of State for Digital Culture Media & Sport, Michelle Donelan MP, European Commission, President Ursula von der Leyen, President Joe Biden, US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, European Data Protection Board, Civil Liberties Protection Officer of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Civil Liberties Protection Officer, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, Presidential Policy Directive 28 of January 17, 2014 (Signals Intelligence Activities) (PPD-28), Inspector General, Data Protection Review Court, Executive Order 14086, Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence ActivitiesComment

Bill of Rights... and Wrongs?

Handley Gill considers the impact of the Bill of Rights (Bill 117 2022/23), which would repeal and replace the Human Rights Act 1998, on the law of data protection, privacy and freedom of expression in the UK.