UK-GDPR Changes: No DPO, Reduced ROPA, SARs Approach, PMP Explained
With the joys of Brexit behind us the government is preparing to legislate on changes to the UK-GDPR. Their view, the EU-GDPR is too onerous and...
This new data protection agency will have specialist knowledge in technology, data protection, civil rights, law, and business and will have the power to impose civil penalties for data breaches across the public and private sectors. The US is one of only a few countries without a data protection law (along with Venezuela, Libya, Sudan, and Syria). Gillibrand said the US is "vastly behind" other countries on data protection.
In a Medium post, Gillibrand wrote that Americans “deserve to be in control of their own data.” Gillibrand’s bill lands just a month after California’s consumer privacy law took effect, more than a year after it was signed into law. The law extended much of Europe’s revised privacy laws (GDPR) to the state.
Having guided schools worldwide through a similar journey with the introduction of the EU General Data Protection Act, there are a number of things that schools should start doing now to prepare for the changes that the new Data Protection Act may bring.
About the Author:
Heidi-Anne O’Neill is 9ine’s in-house Data Protection Solicitor. She has been qualified for fourteen years and has spent the last eight years advising in the area of information law. As a result of many years spent in local government, she holds both a Data Protection Practitioner and a Freedom of Information Practitioner Certificate. She is pleased to be part of the team at 9ine and looks forward to assisting clients on their journey towards data privacy compliance.
With the joys of Brexit behind us the government is preparing to legislate on changes to the UK-GDPR. Their view, the EU-GDPR is too onerous and...
Since Britain’s departure from the European Union, there have been no changes to its data protection laws. The UK is well within its rights to detach...
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