UK & EU Data Protection Bulletin: January 2019

Published

Jan 30 2019

Written By

Of Counsel
France

I am a partner and co-head of our firm's International Data Protection Group. Thanks to many years of experience dedicated to data protection, I can provide innovative and practical solutions to clients around the world.

Ruth Boardman

Partner
UK

I am based in London and co-head Bird & Bird's International Privacy and Data Protection Group. I enjoy providing practical advice and solutions to complex legal issues.

Elizabeth Upton

Legal Director
UK

I'm a legal director in our London Privacy and Data Protection Practice working with clients in many of our key sectors.

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Welcome to the latest edition of our Newsletter covering developments over the Christmas period and early January.

Highlights in this edition include:

Update on Brexit with new guidance and a draft Statutory Instrument being released;
New restrictions on pensions cold calling coming into effect;
Adoption of the Electronic European Communications Code requiring the e-Privacy rules relating to the confidentiality of communications and restrictions on the use of traffic and location data to be broadened out to apply (by way of national legislation) to over the top providers as well as traditional telecommunications providers by 21 December 2020; and
The CNIL's GDPR fine against Google for €50million

Click here to read the edition.