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Brexit and Data Protection: Out Is Out

By Peter Schaar, Chairman, European Academy for Freedom of Information and Data Protection, Berlin What the consequences of the the UK Brexit referendum are for data protection currently cannot be said conclusively. Considerable uncertainties remain until the end of the upcoming exit negotiations at least. Unless specific arrangements on

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The New EU General Data Protection Regulation – A First Assessment

The results of the trilogue of the EU institutions (European Parliament, Commission and Council) on the data protection reform package is an important milestone on the way into the global information society. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will replace 28 different data protection laws of the Member States. The

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