Life with GDPR

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  • Cookies, Cookies & More Cookies

    Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. Data protection has become a priority for many authorities with the French regulator, CNIL,  recently issuing fines and penalties to Microsoft for not complying with the data protection laws. Changes were made to their practices in March 2022, and similar action was taken against Google and Amazon.

    In this episode, we discuss the regulatory landscape for cookies which has become difficult for businesses to maneuver, requiring board-level oversight of data privacy, data protection, and data security. Together, these measures are deemed necessary in order to mitigate the biggest risks to organizations. Max Schrems and his pressure group were two of the key adjutants and had filed a substantial number of complaints. This eventually led to a large fine at the end of 2022, announced this month, from CNIL, the French Data Protection Regulator, against Microsoft, for €60 million. This fine highlighted the fact that cookies had been on the agenda for many Data Protection Authorities and the severity of the consequences for not following GDPR requirements. The implications of this case will have a lasting effect on the relations between European Data Protection Authorities and corporations, as well as the resources necessary to stay compliant.

    Highlights include:

    ·      [00:04:16] Microsoft's Changes to Cookie Practices

    ·      [00:09:21] Navigating Regulatory Landscapes for Businesses

    ·      [00:14:21] The Importance of Data Privacy Board Oversight

    Resources

    For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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    22 min
  • Meta Fined In Ireland

    Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss the recently released find by the Ireland Data Protection Commission against Meta for two legacy companies, €210m for its Facebook operation and €180m for Instagram for GDPR breaches.  The DPC also ordered Meta to change its data protection practices within three months.  Those changes may have more lasting effect on Meta than the fines.  The two fines come in at fifth and sixth places respectively in the largest GDPR fines of all time .   Some of the highlights  include: 

    1.     What were the facts?

    2.     Why this matter has far wider implications that simply Big Tech.

    3.     Max Schrems says this is a huge blow for Meta.

    4.     The convoluted appeal process going forward.

    5.     Lessons learned. 

    Resources

    For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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    25 min
  • The ABB Enforcement Action from a UK Perspective

    Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss the recent ABB Foreign Corrupt Practices Act resolution. Jonathan considers the ABB enforcement action from the UK perspective and opines how a UK judge might consider the company’s recidivism differently than the DOJ did. He rants about ongoing tech scams.   Some of the highlights  include: 

    1.     What were the facts?

    2.     How would UK court’s view recidivist behavior under the UK Bribery Act?

    3.     Where was the SFO?

    4.     What is the status of the investigation in Germany?

    Resources

    For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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    14 min
  • Sullivan Conviction from GDPR Perspective

    Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss the recent conviction of Joe Sullivan former CISO at Uber for his role in hiding a data breach which hit the company. Sullivan was convicted in the US in October 2022 in connection with an investigation into a ransomware attack on Uber in 2016. However, we look at the conviction from the GDPR and UK perspective and ask does it portend potential liability for CISOs and CCOs in the EU and UK.  For instance, does this mean that there are likely to be more prosecutions against executives?  And could we see similar prosecutions in Europe? For a more detailed discussion and links to the case, check out the Cordery Compliance News Alert on the case, which you can find in the link below.  Some of the highlights  include: 

    1.     What were the facts?

    2.     Was Sullivan guilty of negligence or intentional conduct?

    3.     Why were prior Uber convictions so significant?

    4.     What happens next?

    5.     Could this lead to more prosecutions of executives?

    6.     What does this mean under GDPR and in the UK?

    Resources

    For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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    21 min
  • ICO Gets Serious About Subject Access Requests

    Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss the recent action by the ICO against seven UK organizations that failed to respond to Subject Access Requests (SAR), which follows a trend across Europe of more enforcement action on SAR. Some of the highlights  include: 

    1.     What is a Subject Access Request (SAR)?

    2.     Why are these companies in the ‘Naughty Corner.’

    3.     How does this follow a trend across Europe of more enforcement action on SAR? 

    4.     What happens next?

    5.     Who is the constituency for change in the SAR process in the UK?

    6.     What are the lessons learned?

    Resources

    For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go to their website here. Also, check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance, by clicking here.

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    16 min
  • Meta Fined €405 million by Irish Data Protection Commission

    Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss the recent fine by the Irish Data Protection Commission levied against Meta for €405 million for Instagram Data Protection Infringements. Some of the highlights  include: 

    1.     What is the background to the case?

    2.     What was the basis for the fine?

    3.     What happens next?

    4.     What did other national agencies and commission, particularly the EDPB say?

    5.     What are the lessons learned?

    Resources

    For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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    21 min
  • US Response to GDPR Data Flow Protections

    Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss the US/EU/UK agreement for data transfer from the EU/UK to the United States under the Data Protection Framework. Some of the highlights  include:

    1.     What is the Data Protection Framework?

    2.     How will the Data Protection Review Court work?

    3.     What dare the safeguards around the US national security review be?

    4.     What happens next?

    5.     What are the views of Max Schrems?

    6.     Will there be an EU/UK split?

    Resources

    For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go to their website here. Also, check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance, by clicking here.

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    22 min
  • Changes to UK Data Protection Regime

    Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss the changes in the UK Data Privacy regime currently proposed in the wake of Brexit. Some of the highlights include:

    1. Why these changes are so significant.
    2. Are things really more complicated now?
    3. What does it mean for compliance?
    4. What happens next?
    5. Will the new PM request any changes?
    6. Practical steps you can take now.
    7. Resources

      For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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      23 min
    8. Changes to Cyber-Breach Insurance

      Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss Lloyd’s of London announcement of its coverages for cyber-breaches by state actors. Some of the highlights  include: 

      1.     Why this change is so significant.

      2.     What does it mean for compliance?

      3.     What happens next?

      4.     Practical steps you can take now.

      Resources

      For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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      26 min
    9. Update on Cookie Banners

      Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of Life with GDPR. In this episode, we discuss the NOYB announcement that it had filed an additional 226 complaints to Data Protection Authorities in 18 countries over the use of OneTrust cookie banners. Some of the highlights include:

      1. Previous enforcement actions on cookie banners.
      2. The NOYB campaign.
      3. What happens next?
      4. Practical steps you can take now.
      5. Resources

        For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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        22 min

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