GDPR Enforcement Themes & Takeaways for Australian Organisations
Australia’s privacy law landscape doesn’t grant the same rights individuals resident in the EU and...
27 March, 2024
Cybersecurity Regulations in Europe: What’s Happening – & What’s Coming?
Things are changing quickly in cybersecurity regulation in Europe. Here’s a list of the existing...
30 January, 2024
Finally! A new EU-US Data Transfer Framework
After three years of limbo, personal data can flow from the EU to companies in...
12 July, 2023
Can You Use Google Analytics in the EU? A Guide for Australian Organisations
In January 2022, Austria became the first EU country to state that the continuous use...
10 February, 2023
Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework: A Solution to EU/US Cross Border Data Transfer Issues
It has been some time since we covered data flows between the EU and US....
17 November, 2022
Preparing for the iapp CIPP/E Exam? Some exam prep tips
Thinking of taking the iapp CIPP/E exam but not sure how to prepare or whether...
22 October, 2020
5 Tips on Preparing for the CIPP/E exam
5 practical tips on CIPP/E exam prep for anyone thinking of taking the exam. What is...
28 October, 2021
The Updated CIPP/E Body of Knowledge: What Has Changed
The IAPP’s CIPP/E certification covers key privacy terminology, and the practical considerations relating to personal...
27 August, 2022
What Privacy Professionals Need to Know About Dark Patterns Regulation
Dark patterns regulation has emerged as a focus in both the US and EU over...
30 June, 2022
EU’s New Deal for Consumers: a dark future for dark patterns
Laws banning dark patterns, hidden advertising, and manipulated consumer reviews became effective in the EU...
24 June, 2022
Transfer Impact Assessments Under the New SCCs: What You Need to Know
The New SCCs require organisations to undertake a transfer impact assessment before completing a transfer...
10 June, 2022
It’s the GDPR’s 4 Year Anniversary: These are the 4 Biggest Impacts It Has Had on Global Privacy
Europe’s landmark General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into effect (just over) 4 years on...
21 May, 2022
What does it take to be a DPO?
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires certain organisations to appoint a data protection...
29 March, 2022
GDPR Fines in 2021: What can we learn?
EU privacy regulators last year levied fines totalling more than €1 billion for GDPR breaches,...
26 January, 2022
Google Analytics and GDPR: A win for privacy activists
The recent decision around the use of Google Analytics underlines the continuing battles between EU...
24 January, 2022
EDPB Data Transfer Guidance: Draft released for consultation
Many Australian organisations have suffered the double whammy of being caught by the extra territorial...
01 December, 2021
Practical Tips to Update SCCs at Your Organisation
The repeal of the Old SCCs is just around the corner – on 27 September...
16 September, 2021
Increasing cyber security requirements: the latest trend in privacy
If you follow our blog posts, you may have noticed a theme emerging over the...
25 August, 2021
Google’s Free Choice Screen for Android Users: Increased Consumer Choice Trend Continues
Google’s search engine has dominated the market for the better part of two decades. This...
28 July, 2021
New AI Regulation in the EU: A risk based approach with teeth
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world in many aspects. Many countries are considering how...
07 July, 2021
CIPP/E Update: What you need to know
From July 1, 2021 the CIPP/E body of knowledge and exam will be updated. The changes...
30 June, 2021
Concluding the Saga? The New SCCs for GDPR-Compliant Third-Party Data Transfers Have Arrived
On 4 June, the European Commission (EC) published its finalised version of the new Standard...
11 June, 2021
Domain 1: The most challenging CIPP/E domain?
Domain 1 questions are the most challenging for the respondents to our on-line CIPP/E. Do you...
22 May, 2021
A solution to the trans-Atlantic data transfer problem: Cryptoloc provides GDPR supplementary measures
Brisbane based Cryptoloc's innovative encryption process may be the supplementary measure your business needs to...
25 March, 2021
A Privacy Glossary With Key Terms for CIPP/E (Plus a Free Quiz!)
The IAPP's Privacy Glossary contains hundreds of essential terms today's privacy professionals need to know. It's constantly changing and, for those new to the profession, might seem overwhelming. We've created this CIPP/E-specific privacy glossary to help you learn and memorise the key terms for your CIPP/E exam (focusing on EU GDPR specific terms). To solidify your learning, we've included a free quiz with many of the key terms so you can test yourself, plus some other great resources.
20 March, 2021
Draft UK Adequacy Decisions – Things are looking up for EU-UK data transfers
The EU Commission’s draft opinion favours recognising UK as an adequate jurisdiction for data transfers,...
22 February, 2021
What You Need to Know About the History of Data Privacy for Your CIPP/E Exam
If you’re reading this, you likely already know that the CIPP/E is the IAPP's European...
13 February, 2021
GDPR Cross-border Transfers: Draft SCCs and Supplementary Measures
Following the drama of the Schrems II decision, the EDPB has issued new draft SCC’s...
15 December, 2020
Free on-line GDPR Training: Our Top 5 Picks
Interested in GDPR training? We’ve found some of the best FREE on-line resources for you. Selecting...
01 December, 2020
GDPR Foundations and Implementation: 2 day on-line BSI Training Course available now
Want to learn more about the GDPR and how to implement a GDPR compliant privacy...
06 November, 2020