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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
15 November 2016
The first challenges to the EU-US Privacy Shield
Further to our last blog post, two separate challenges have been launched against the EU-US Privacy Shield. “Digital Rights Ireland” and “La Quadrature du Net” have separately begun proceedings to annul the European Commission’s approval of the adequacy decision of the Privacy Shield framework.
27 October 2016
Data Protection Regulation blog series
Over the next few months, lawyers from Kingsley Napley will be blogging about how data protection law will change in their respective practice areas following the coming into effect in the UK of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in May 2018.
As will be explained over the coming months, although the UK has voted to leave the EU individuals and businesses in the UK still need to have regard to the provisions of the GDPR and how it will change data protection law.
This first blog post will outline (in brief) the history of the GDPR.
14 September 2016
EU-US Privacy Shield
Further to our blog post in June 2016, the EU-US Privacy Shield has now been operational for over a month. In this article, we consider the practicalities of using the scheme and comment on its future.
28 July 2016
Top 10 tips for making a Subject Access Request
You have the right to request a copy of personal information that you believe an organisation is holding about you. This is known as a subject access request (SAR). It is important to ensure that the scope of your request is well considered, so that you receive the data you are looking for. There are also circumstances in which an organisation can refuse to comply with your SAR. Follow these tips to increase your chances of receiving a prompt response to your SAR and the information you are looking for.
26 July 2016
Top 10 tips for responding to a subject access request
Failing to respond to a subject access request (SAR) can result in a financial penalty from the ICO or an enforcement notice. So while it may seem daunting, and can be time consuming, it is in an organisation’s interest to comply.