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Data Protection Day – Key developments and trends for 2023

January 26, 2023 by Benjamin Slinn, Vinod Bange, Dr Lukas Feiler, Alissa Forstner, Liz Grimwood-Taylor, Anne-Marie Allgrove, Anne Petterd, Caitlin Whale, Adrian Lawrence, Toby Patten, Guillermo José Cervio, Valentina Salas, Valentina Biondi Grane, Elisabeth Dehareng, Caroline Serbanescu, Flavia Rebello, Theo Ling, Conrad Flaczyk, Nadia Rauf, Carolina Pardo, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Yann Padova, Florian Tannen, Dr Michaela Nebel, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Jiří Čermák, Milena Hoffmanová, Lenka Bešťáková, Francesca Gaudino, Yuki Kondo, Daisuke Tatsuno, Kensaku Takase, Dr. Csaba Vári, Marcia Lee, Benjamin Lau, Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia, Carlos Vela-Trevino, Elvia Aragon, Nathalja Doing, Teresa Tovar, Bienvenido A. Marquez III, Frederick August I. Jose, Radoslaw Nozykowski, Patricia Pérez, Peder Oxhammar, William Höglund, Emelie Ageby Svensson, Margarita Kozlov, Johanna Moesch (Mösch), Nadine Charrière, Muriel Binder, Jo-Fan Yu, Dhiraphol Suwanprateep, Pattaraphan Paiboon, Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya, Thananya Chaikamonsuk, Can Sozer, Yigit Acar, Ecem Elver, Aybuke Gundel, Kellie Blyth, Maher Ghalloussi, Lucrezia Lorenzini, Alex Toh, Ken Chia, Cristina Messerschmidt, Rachel Ehlers, Cynthia Cole, Brian Hengesbaugh, Stephen Reynolds, Nick Merker, Harry Valetk, Lothar Determann, Jonathan Tam, Helena Engfeldt, Maria Eugenia Salazar-Furiati, Manh Hung Tran and Jacqueline Wong 102 Mins Read

28 January 2023 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2023, Baker McKenzie’s Global Data Privacy and Security Team is pleased to present this special edition update of key data protection and privacy developments and trends across the globe, as well summarising future legislative changes, predictions, and enforcement priorities to look out for during 2023.…

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Podcast Episode: Data Privacy & Security – Key Developments and Trends for 2023

January 26, 2023 by Brian Hengesbaugh and Benjamin Slinn 1 Min Read

In this episode, Brian Hengesbaugh, Global Chair of Privacy & Security, is joined by Ben Slinn, senior associate in London, as they discuss data privacy predictions across the globe for the year ahead. Listen in to hear about: The data protection regime in the UK post Brexit and what lies ahead Trends and issues that we are seeing from an EU perspective Key developments and significant changes on the horizon outside of the EU For…

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Indonesia: The Personal Data Protection Law is finally here. What does that mean for your business?

October 4, 2022 by Daniel Pardede 11 Mins Read

In brief The draft of the Indonesian Personal Data Protection Law (“PDP Law”) was approved to become law by the Indonesian Parliament (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia) on 20 September 2022. With this approval, we are nearing the end of the process of an ambitious piece of legislation, which took several years to get approval. For several years, Indonesia has only relied on various diverse regulations that contain privacy provisions without one comprehensive umbrella law on…

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UK Data Protection Reform – Data Protection and Digital Information Bill – what will the proposed changes mean in practice?

August 24, 2022 by Benjamin Slinn 25 Mins Read

The UK data protection framework is set to change. These changes will be relevant for organisations in the UK as well as organisations outside of the UK that offer goods or services to data subjects in the UK or monitor their behaviour. From a practical perspective many of the proposed changes are focused on reducing certain obligations, particularly record keeping obligations such as records of processing or data protection impact assessments. However, it is important…

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Data Protection Day – Key developments and looking ahead to 2022

January 27, 2022 by Benjamin Slinn, Dr Michaela Nebel, Florian Tannen, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Hugo Roy, Dr Lukas Feiler, Beat Koenig, Elisabeth Dehareng, Francesca Gaudino, Radoslaw Nozykowski, Nathalja Doing, Dr. Csaba Vári, Ilay Yilmaz, Can Sozer, Yigit Acar, Anne-Marie Allgrove, Liz Grimwood-Taylor, Dhiraphol Suwanprateep, Manh Hung Tran, Ken Chia, Alex Toh, Jacqueline Wong, Paolo Sbuttoni, Zhenyu "Jay" Ruan, Kensaku Takase, Daisuke Tatsuno, Kellie Blyth, Arjun Patel, Theo Ling, Conrad Flaczyk, Nadia Rauf, Cristina Messerschmidt, Brian Hengesbaugh, Stephen Reynolds, Nick Merker, Harry Valetk, Michael Egan, Gary Hunt, Dominic Panakal, Alex Crowley, Justin Burgess, Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia, Carlos Vela-Trevino, Flavia Rebello, Suha Alwan and Nadine Bosshard 66 Mins Read

Friday 28 January 2022 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2022, our Global Data Privacy and Security Team have provided a roundup of key trends and developments across the globe from a data protection perspective as well as looking ahead to what to expect in 2022. There are new laws and developments to keep…

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Lloyd v Google LLC – what limits are there on data protection class actions?

December 9, 2021 by Paul Glass, James Parker and Natasha Denton 15 Mins Read

In a recent judgment, the UK Supreme Court unanimously refused to give permission for a litigant to serve a claim form outside of the jurisdiction in respect of a representative action brought against Google. This case, Lloyd v Google, is the latest, and most significant, in a line of recent decisions (see our other updates here and here) which show a general trend of the courts interrogating the type of losses that have been claimed and rejecting claims for…

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Data Protection Day – Looking ahead to 2021

January 28, 2021 by Benjamin Slinn, Elisabeth Dehareng, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Julie Martinez, Julia Kaufmann, Michaela Nebel, Francesca Gaudino, Raul Rubio, Jennie Nilsson, Kensaku Takase, Joan Tan, Jacqueline Wong, Flavia Rebello, Brian Hengesbaugh, Harry Valetk and Ken Chia 25 Mins Read

Happy Data Protection Day! The 28 January each year is celebrated as Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2021, we have summarised some of the key trends and developments in the EU, UK and beyond from a data protection perspective and looking ahead to what to expect for 2021. You can jump to specific country…

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Brexit: How does the UK/EU Agreement affect Data?

December 29, 2020 by Harry Small, Paul Glass and John McGovern 4 Mins Read

On Christmas Eve the UK and the EU concluded a Trade and Cooperation Agreement in principle.We’ve set out the key points from a data protection perspective below.The key take away is that transfers of personal data from the EEA to the UK can continue without safeguards for a period of up to six months from the end of the transition period while the European Commission considers whether to adopt an adequacy decision in respect of the…