GDPR – Why UK Businesses Need an EU GDPR Consultant

If you’re part of a UK business that handles the data of EU citizens, you need to comply with the EU GDPR. But how do you know exactly what to comply with and how to do it? In this post, GDPR Local explores the ways in which working with an EU GDPR consultant can help […]

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Use of Facebook’s tracking pixels in the EU

In a decision made by the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB), using Facebook tracking pixels directly violates GDPR, and fortifies the reasoning behind the “Schrems II” decision on transatlantic data transfers. Other European data protection authorities also share this view as we can see in recent published decisions. Background The “Schrems II” decision stipulated that […]

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Passage of UK Data Protection Bill

The UK’s New Data Protection Bill – Where Are We? The Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill is currently making its way through Parliament. GDPR Local founder Adam Brogden looks at what that process involves. There’s a lot to like about the new UK Data Protection Bill (to give it its informal name). […]

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Criminal Records Data

Criminal Records Data and You: What You Need to Know Your organisation may process more data relating to criminal records than you might first imagine. If, for example, your business makes anti-terrorism, anti-money laundering or child safeguarding checks of people associated with it, you may be storing or processing criminal records data. That means you […]

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