To mark the Season of Goodwill, we have dispensed with the usual lawyers’ briefing format in favour of a series of Christmas-themed, legal(ish) questions.
On 12 July 2016, the European Commission deemed the Privacy Shield Framework adequate to enable data transfers between the European Union and the United States in support of transatlantic commerce.
On 27 April 2016, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) was adopted. The GDPR’s changes to EU data protection rules will apply to all EU Member States from 25 May 2018.
The ever increasing use of the internet has led to rapid growth in the number of consumers shopping online and most retailers can no longer afford to ignore this lucrative market.
