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Biden waves Privacy Magic Wand
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.

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Nicola CainData 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
Taking a wrong turn? Government pursues data protection reform
Taking a wrong turn? Government pursues data protection reform

The Government has today (10 May 2022) announced in the Queen’s Speech that further to its consultation ‘Data: A New Direction’ it will bring forward legislation in this Parliamentary session to reform the UK’s data protection law (the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018 and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations) which has been adopted virtually wholesale from the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Nicola CainData Protection, Personal Data, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, UK GDPR, UK General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act 2018, DPA 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, PECR, Data Protection Reform, Data: A New Direction, Brexit, National Data Strategy, 10 Tech Priorities, Cookies, Data Protection Officer, Information Commissioner, International Data Transfers, Records of Processing Activities, Processing for Research Purposes, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Anonymous Data, Data Intermediaries, Data Stewards, Data Protection Impact Assessments, High Risk Processing, Prior Consultation, Data Breaches, Regulatory Enforcement, Voluntary Undertakings, Cookie Consent, Reverse Transfers, Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum, DRCF, Notice of Intent, Final Penalty Notice, Law Enforcement Processing, Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018, Part 4 Data Protection Act 2018, Automated Processing, Data Protection & Digital Information BillComment