Advocate (Dr.) Prashant Mali's Blog

Brexit effect on UK  data protection Laws & GDPR The UK is coming to the end of the Brexit transition period with a resolution on the future relationship with the EU seemingly very far away. While a wide-ranging deal seems increasingly unlikely, it is still possible we will get a number of hastily organised last-minute sectoral agreements and in many ways, data protection would be a prime candidate for this kind of deal given that the UK has already made provision to continue with the current regime, at least in the short term. If, however, no deal is forthcoming, the UK will become a third country for GDPR purposes on 1 January 2021 (implementation day or ID). What does that mean? The UK data protection regime from 1 January 2021 The UK has made preparations to adopt the GDPR to work as a piece of UK legislation in conjunction with the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18). The  draft Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations...

  CCPA Cases 2020  Atkinson et al v. Minted, Inc. , No. 3:20-cv-03869 (N.D. Cal.) Date Filed: June 11, 2020 Cause of Action / Trigger of Claim Suit against Minted.com arising out of an April 2020 data breach that resulted in the exfiltration of 73.2 million records that included passwords, names, email addresses, and other information. Complaint alleges a violation of § 1798.150 by defendant’s failure to prevent the unauthorized access and exfiltration, theft, or disclosure of class members’ non-encrypted PII. Claims for Relief Plaintiffs and class members seek injunctive or other equitable relief to ensure the defendant safeguards customers’ PII in the future. Plaintiffs will also seek statutory damages if the defendant “cannot cure the data breach within 30 days.” Status Pleadings Alma Fidela Cercas et al v. Ambry Genetics Corp. , No. 8:20-cv-00791 (C.D. Cal.) Date Filed: April 27, 2020 Cause of Action / Trigger of Claim Suit against a clinical genomic diagnostic company ari...