Robert Bateman - Page 20
Post-graduate law degree, CIPP/E from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Privacy and Data Protection Research Writer at TermsFeed.
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Robert is a freelance writer covering privacy, data protection, security, and AI. He is a respected voice on privacy and has covered been writing, researching, and leading conversations in the field since 2017. Throughout his career, Robert has interviewed some of the leading figures in privacy, including Max Schrems and Johnny Ryan. He has worked with dozens of high-profile privacy professionals and campaigners and has written about almost every aspect of data protection. Robert earned a post-graduate law degree in 2019 and a CIPP/E from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in 2021. His 2019 research on the compatibility of the UK's "immigration exemption" in the Data Protection Act 2018 and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) won the DMH Stallard Prize for Best Project.
New York Privacy Act vs California's Privacy Laws
In the United States, California has long led the way in digital privacy. The California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) was the country's first major privacy law, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the CPRA, placed some tough restrictions on the sale of personal data (or...
How to Remain GDPR-Compliant After Brexit
UK and EU businesses that share personal data must take appropriate steps to keep their operations running smoothly after Brexit, whether the UK leaves the EU with or without a deal. Continuing GDPR compliance may or may not be top of your Brexit agenda. But processing personal data underpins many of...
Sensitive Personal Data and the GDPR
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deems certain types of personal data particularly sensitive. It calls this sensitive personal data "special category data." There are strict rules about collecting special category data from people in the EU. If you're planning a project involving special category data, you must plan carefully. You...
Data Privacy Access Requests
To avoid enforcement action, reputational damage, and legal issues, you need to handle data and privacy access requests correctly. The UK Information Commissioner's Office reports annually on the most common type of complaints it receives. Every year, the number one spot goes to complaints about the improper handling of subject access...
Privacy Law Compliance for New Start-Ups
As the law develops, many businesses get caught up in expensive and grueling compliance efforts. Consider the scramble to comply with the GDPR when it passed in May of 2018. Despite the two-year transition period, many people were tearing their hair out right up until the deadline day, trying to jettison...
New York Privacy Act vs GDPR - Which Is Tougher?
Senators in New York proposed a tough new consumer privacy law, the New York Privacy Act (NYPA) (NY State Senate Bill S5642). The NYPA doesn't seem likely to ever come to fruition, but it stands to show the future of privacy laws that states and countries may enact or attempt...