How should we staff our privacy function? A question that regularly comes up when we are working with clients is, “how should we staff our privacy function?” It is normally the CFO that asks the question from the financial perspective, and often the CEO will ask “What do our...

Introduction This article explores one of the ongoing criticisms made of the GDPR and seeks to explain why one specific emerging technology – Artificial Intelligence (AI) – is causing so much fuss in...

Intro Privacy and data protection laws seem to be popping up everywhere. This raises the quesiton: how can businesses react to the proliferation of data protection norms? Many of these draw inspiration from Europe and refer to the fair information practice principles. Some,...

Whenever you visit any website, the first thing you notice is a big annoying banner that is supposed to let you know about how/if cookies are used. Some cookie banners are smaller, some bigger; some are more compliant, others are less compliant, but they are always there. If you...

Introduction The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) announced this week that it has enacted the highly anticipated new Data Protection Regulations 2021 (“DPR2021”). The ADGM, which was established in 2015, is an international financial centre located on Al Maryah Island in the...

Last week, I had a long and interesting discussion with one of the leading Scandinavian data protection lawyers. We normally see eye to eye on most matters, so I was genuinely surprised to find myself disagreeing with his position on one of the most fundamental building blocks of...

Introduction In the last year, significant momentum has started to build around fifth generation (5G) for wireless communications technology. The new generation of mobile network technology brings with it new capabilities that over time will allow for a whole new range of...

As part of a growing trend across the region, Egypt has introduced the new Personal Data Protection Law No. 151/2020 (PDPL). It was passed in July and entered into force in October.   In a manner similar to a number of other countries that followed the highwater mark set by the EU,...

A recent change in the Danish legislation on annual reporting for large companies has come into force. The change requires covered companies to supplement their annual report with a statement on their policies on data ethics. The change will have effect for the fiscal year commencing...

We are seeing the introduction of new or updated “GDPR-inspired” data protection regulations across the Middle East and Africa. Although the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is driving an element of much needed global harmonisation, the GDPR also...