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Data protection and Brexit – What you can do to prepare

After the historic defeat on 15 January of the draft withdrawal agreement (defeated deal), we consider below what the implications of a no-deal Brexit would be for data protection, and the extent to which the defeated deal would have dealt with any of those issues. We also provide a checklist of actions that businesses can take to help prepare for the outcome in default – a “no deal”...

The floodgates open – Illinois Supreme Court issues landmark ruling in biometrics case

In a unanimous decision on January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court found that a plaintiff need not show actual harm to seek relief under the state’s Biometric Information and Privacy Act (BIPA). This is welcome news for plaintiffs’ attorneys who have already used BIPA as a vehicle to file dozens of class action lawsuits against businesses across a wide swath of industries in each...

Updata – Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update

Welcome to the second edition of Updata – the international quarterly update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal updates from our contributors around the globe over the past quarter. You can find previous editions on our dedicated webpage....