Insights: Data protection and Information Law

Supreme Court shuts down opt-out representative actions for data breach claims.

Ensuring marketing communications comply with data protection regulations is a minefield.

On 28 June 2021, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision in respect of the UK's data protection framework under the GDPR.

On 19 February 2021, the European Commission (EC) published draft adequacy decisions in respect of the UK which, if adopted, will allow for continued free flow of personal data from the EU into the UK.

Ward Hadaway has teamed up with the University of York Law School to support postgraduate law students offering free legal advice to start-up businesses across the North.

Following the expiry of the transition period on 31 December 2020, the UK's rules on transferring personal data outside the UK have changed.

As part of the UK's Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU, the UK and EU have agreed that personal data flows from the EU to the UK can continue, for a specified period (likely to be 6 months), as they had prior to the end of the transition period.

THE Leeds office of leading North law firm Ward Hadaway has been shortlisted for four industry awards.