Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team. This week’s alert covers news from European Union, France, UK and the US.

EU

  • Delegation from Civil Liberties Committee Discuss Data Protection Issues During Visit to Washington

France

  • CNIL Facilitates International Transfers of Data for Companies Who Have Adopted BCRs

United Kingdom

  • Court of Appeal Rules That There Is No Requirement for Pecuniary Loss to Claim for Damages Under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA)
  • High Court Rules on Subject Access Request Made by an Individual Outside the UK
  • Government Releases Report on Cyber Security Insurance
  • ICO Recommends More Transparency on
    Government Outsourcing
  • Smart Metering Implementation Programme: Consultation on the Timing of the Review of the Data Access and Privacy Framework
  • Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) Manifesto 2015
  • Supreme Court Rules Letters by Prince Charles
    to be Disclosed
  • ICO issues Enforcement Notice to ‘Lead Generation Firm’

US

  • Federal Trade Commission Revises Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) FAQs
  • FTC Announces the Formation of New Technology Research and Investigation Office

For more information on any of these items, or data privacy issues generally, please feel free to call any of the following individuals:

Stephanie Faber (France)