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abril 2022

“Single-minded loyalty”: High Court examines Bitcoin developers’ duties to restore lost private keys

“Single-minded loyalty”: High Court examines Bitcoin developers’ duties to restore lost private keys

Background In Tulip Trading Ltd v Bitcoin Association for Bitcoin SV (BSV) and others [2022] EWHC 667 (Ch) the High Court revisited the scope of commo ...

2022 Cyber Security Breaches Survey vs ICO Incident Data: what can we learn from the statistics?

2022 Cyber Security Breaches Survey vs ICO Incident Data: what can we learn from the statistics?

On 30 March 2022, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published its annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey (the “Survey”) – UK’s offic ...

Amendments to the Security of Network and Information Systems Regulations

Amendments to the Security of Network and Information Systems Regulations

The Security of Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (‘the 2018 NISR’) established a regulatory framework for network and information syst ...

Bank of Ireland fined €463,000 for breaches of GDPR

Bank of Ireland fined €463,000 for breaches of GDPR

The Data Protection Commission recently announced its decision to fine Bank of Ireland (“BOI”) €463,000 for a number of breaches of the General Data P ...

Cookie Bite

Cookie Bite

European Data Protection Authorities (“DPAs”) have issued some headline grabbing cookie-related fines so far this year; on 6 January 2022, CNIL issued ...

Swedish DPA Audit Results in Klarna Fine

Swedish DPA Audit Results in Klarna Fine

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (“SDPA”) has issued an administrative fine of SEK 7,500,000 (approximately, GBP 601,425) against Klarna B ...

Cyber Risk in the World of Renewable Energy & Climate Change

Cyber Risk in the World of Renewable Energy & Climate Change

The World Economic Forum recently stated that cyber-crime and climate change were seen as the two biggest threats that the modern world currently face ...

No Get Around Clause For Credit Hire Companies!

No Get Around Clause For Credit Hire Companies!

DAC Beachcroft successfully defend appeal as the Court of Appeal makes finding that demand made under a contractual term is not recoverable.

Data And Cyber Bulletin - April 2022

Data And Cyber Bulletin - April 2022

Welcome to the April edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.

The Final Ockenden Report

The Final Ockenden Report

The Final Ockenden Report is an Independent Review of the Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. It follows an initial r ...