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UK updates plans for the NIS Directive Review of Government’s response to its summer consultation on UK implementation of the Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive.
Practical aspects of handling data breaches now and post-GDPR This briefing looks at the key aspects of handling a data breach under both the current regime and the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’), focusing on the technical and practical lessons organisations can take from recent data breaches.
Data Protection and Privacy Newsletter In this issue: Data Protection Bill; Regulator Guidance on the GDPR; e-Privacy Regulation; Direct Marketing; International Transfers; Data Breach; Views from... Hong Kong; How we can help you with GDPR; Data Protection and Privacy at Saughter and May
Evaluating the WP29's recent guidance on data breaches This article analyses the Article 29 Working Party guidance, ‘Guidelines on Personal data breach notification under Regulation 2016/79’, published on 3 October 2017. The guidance aims to provide clarity on the boundaries and expectation of handing a data...
Here be dragons - first steps for a corporate navigating the unsure waters of a data breach This briefing looks at what a corporate entity can do when faced with evidence that it has been subject to a data breach, and also asks what it can do in advance to ensure it is prepared for such a situation.
Hot Issues in IP in Europe In recent months, there have been a number of important IP developments in Europe.
The Unitary Patent and UPC: uncertainty ahead An update on the implementation of radical patent reforms in Europe: the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent.
Dawn of an English Doctrine of Equivalents: immaterial variants infringe A summary of the Supreme Court's landmark judgment in Actavis v Eli Lilly which marks a change of direction for English law on patent infringement.
Brexit Essentials: an update on data protection and privacy This edition of Brexit Essentials looks at the impact of Brexit on data flows and on other aspects of the GDPR. It considers the options for companies post Brexit to legitimise data flows, including considering the future partnership paper published by...
New law on unjustified threats: greater clarity An update on new legislation clarifying and harmonising the law on unjustified threats in respect of intellectual property infringement