03 December 2020
The EU Whistleblowing Directive
www.twobirds.com/en/in-focus/the-eu-whistleblowing-directive

Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (the Whistleblowing Directive) must be implemented by all EU Member States by no later than 17 December 2021.

14 January 2019
General Data Protection Regulation
www.twobirds.com/en/in-focus/general-data-protection-regulation

Our guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) seeks to summarise the key changes that the new law will bring and to highlight the most important actions which organisations should take in preparing to ...

11 May 2020
Digital Advertising and Data Protection Rules - need to know webinar for Marketing, Compliance and Legal Teams
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/digital-advertising-and-data-protection-rules

Adtech, online advertising, analytics and the use of cookies (or similar) are more prevalent than ever. However, the interaction between Data Protection Laws and Digital Advertising is moving at fast pace and far from ...

22 January 2019
Airlines and cyber risk: what is your legal obligation?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/airlines-and-cyber-risk-what-is-your-legal-obligation

Many of you will be familiar with the NISR (Network and Information Systems Regulations), which came into force on 9 May this year and which have been designed to prevent critical national infrastructure of EU countries ...

28 January 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Cybersecurity
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/big-data-and-issues-and-opportunities-cybersecurity

In this fourth article in our series on "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities" (see our previous article here), we focus on some of the cybersecurity aspects of big data processing. Where relevant, illustrations from the ...

07 January 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: General Overview
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/big-data-and-issues-and-opportunities-general-overview

This introductory article is the first in a series of articles looking into the legal, ethical and social issues and opportunities surrounding big data, which were brought to the forefront by the LeMO Project ...

26 November 2019
EDPB Publishes Guidelines on Data Protection by Design and by Default
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/edpb-publishes-guidelines-on-data-protection-by-design-and-by-default

On 20 November 2019, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published its draft guidelines on the principles of Data Protection by Design and Default (the “Guidelines”) under Article 25 of the EU General Data ...

04 February 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Breach-related obligations
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/big-data-and-issues-and-opportunities-breach-related-obligations

In this fifth article in our series on "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities" (see our previous article here), we focus on some of the breach-related obligations in a big data context. Where relevant, illustrations from ...

19 November 2019
EDPB Publishes Finalised Guidelines on Territorial Scope
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/edpb-publishes-finalised-guidelines-on-territorial-scope

On 15 November 2019, the European Data Protection Board ('EDPB') published its finalized Guidelines on the Territorial Scope of the GDPR.

12 January 2021
EU Commission Proposes to Update the NIS/Cybersecurity Directive Only Two Years After Implementation
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/eu-commission-proposes-to-update-the-nis-cybersecurity-directive-only-two-years-after-implementation

On 6 December 2020, the EU Commission published its proposal for a Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems, otherwise known as the “NIS2 Directive”. As the name suggests, the NIS2 Directive is designed ...