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Paul Greaves

About Paul Greaves

Paul Greaves is an associate in the Brussels office and a member of the Privacy & Data Security Team. Paul’s privacy, information technology, and data protection practice includes a focus on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, ePrivacy rules, and cross-border data transfers.

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European Commission Adopts Draft UK Adequacy Decision

February 23, 2021 By Paul Greaves and Wim Nauwelaerts

On February 19, 2021, the European Commission adopted a draft ‘adequacy decision’ in favor of the UK. The adoption of the draft adequacy decision marks the first step in ensuring the continued free flow of personal data from EEA countries to the UK under the EU GDPR. Once (and if) the final adequacy decision is […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, International, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Adequacy, Brexit, European Union (EU), GDPR, United Kingdom

Brexit Trade Agreement Provides a Temporary Solution for Companies Transferring Personal Data from the EEA to the UK

January 6, 2021 By Paul Greaves and Wim Nauwelaerts

On December 24, 2020, the EU and the UK reached an agreement on the terms of their future cooperation following the end of the Brexit Transition Period (i.e., following 31 December 2020). The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the ‘Agreement’) contains a temporary solution for companies transferring personal data from the EEA to the UK, […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, GDPR, Privacy Tagged With: Adequacy, Brexit, Cross-border, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, European Union (EU)

UK ICO Publishes New Data Sharing Code

December 21, 2020 By Paul Greaves and Wim Nauwelaerts

On December 17, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) published its Data Sharing Code of Practice (the ‘Code’) following a public consultation which commenced in 2019. The Code focuses mainly on data sharing among data controllers who are subject to the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act (‘DPA’) 2018. Data controllers falling within […]

Filed Under: GDPR Tagged With: UK Data Protection Act (DPA)

European Commission Publishes Draft ‘Article 28’ Standard Contractual Clauses

November 18, 2020 By Yung Shin Van Der Sype, Paul Greaves and Wim Nauwelaerts

In addition to issuing new (draft) standard contractual clauses for transferring personal data outside of the EEA, on November 12, the European Commission published a draft decision on standard contractual clauses between controllers and processors (‘Clauses’) for the matters referred to in Article 28(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”). Article 28(3) and (4) […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, International, Legislation, Regulation

EDPB Emphasizes Joint Controllership between Social Media Providers and ‘Targeters’ in Draft Guidance

September 10, 2020 By Paul Greaves

On September 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published its draft guidelines on targeting of social media users (the ‘Guidelines’). The EDPB is accepting feedback from stakeholders on the Guidelines until October 19, 2020. The Guidelines not only provide guidance on the obligations of social media providers (‘Providers’) under the EU General Data […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, ePrivacy, GDPR, Privacy Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR Implementation, Marketing, Regulatory Enforcement, Social Media

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