Legal News (Data Protection)

Cookies and other online identifiers are fundamental to running websites and advertising products online. The law in this area remains far from clear despite various sets of guidelines issued by European and national data protection authorities.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered its eagerly anticipated judgment in the Planet49 case on 1 October 2019.

The delay in updating the legislation governing cookies in line with the General Data Protection Regulation has caused considerable uncertainty regarding how to obtain cookie consent lawfully.

On 14 August 2019, the Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) announced the publication of a new guidance note entitled “A Quick Guide to GDPR Breach Notifications.”

Welcome to our Summer Newsletter, which we hope you find helpful and interesting. It has been a busy few months here at Hayes. We recently announced the promotion of two new partners – Áine Coghill in our Property department and Katy Meade in our Healthcare department.

February 2019 saw the Data Protection Commission publish its first annual report since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation on 25 May 2018.