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Transferring Personal Data Outside of the EEA

7 Jul 2023 2 minute read 0 comments EmilyGDPR

  The blog focuses on Article 28 of the GDPR, which outlines requirements for data processors in the context of data transfers outside the European Economic Area (EEA) in accordance with the GDPR principles. One of the methods to legitimize such tran...

The CJEU Declares the EU-US Privacy Shield Invalid and SCCs Valid

28 Jun 2023 7 minute read 0 comments EmilyGDPR

What are the Implications and Next Steps for Your Organisation? On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) made a significant ruling concerning the adequacy of the EU-US Privacy Shield and standard contractual clauses (SCCs),...

Data Transfer Risk Assessment

24 May 2023 4 minute read 0 comments EmilyGDPR

This blog post focuses on transfer risk assessments (TRAs), starting with the background that led to their implementation and then addressing the following inquiries: What is the purpose of a TRA? Who is subject to TRAs? Why is it significant? How i...

What are the Benefits of KYC ?

1 Feb 2021 4 minute read 4 comments Chriss

Let's start with a short summary of the terms:  KYC: Know Your Customer AML: Anti-Money Laundering FATF: Financial Action Task Force  GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation   Here are some interesting dates: 1989: The world's largest countries me...

Europechain launches Ambassador Programme – names Menno Verheij as Ambassador

9 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Jillian Godsil

Europechain has launched an Ambassador programme to support the rollout of GDPR-compliant blockchain across Europe and globally. The Ambassadors come from different countries and sectors in Europe but all have blockchain advocacy as their passion. Me...

Time to Check and Change Your Avast Privacy Settings

28 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Vice magazine recently reported that the Avast anti-virus company was harvesting their customer’s browsing data and selling it to other companies.  This included what sites, keyword searches, YouTube videos, and other data which showcased user’s act...