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11 Oct 2019
4 min to read

M&A Transactions and the New Brazilian Data Protection Law

Daniel Tardelli Pessoa

M&A transactions involving entities processing personal data will be subjected to the new Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados or ‘LGPD’) when this legislation...

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02 Oct 2019
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English Court of Appeal hands down eagerly awaited judgment clarifying right to damages for breaches of data protection laws

Laura Feldman

In the eagerly awaited decision of Llloyd v Google LLC, the Court of Appeal has provided helpful clarification on the circumstances when individuals can claim damages for breaches of their rights in...
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26 Sep 2019
2 min to read

2018 Oxford Business Law Blog Round-Up: Top 20 Most Read Posts

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Thanks to the quality of its posts, the OBLB attracts wide readership. In 2018 alone, the OBLB website was visited over 300,000 times, that is more than 25,000 monthly. Our readers came to our...

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06 Nov 2018

The Legal and Regulatory Implications of Disruptive Technologies in Emerging Markets

Ian Walden | Theodora Christou

Whilst the word ‘disruptive’ may have negative connotations, the potential applications of disruptive technologies can lead to positive developments in emerging markets. This potential is constrained...
09 Oct 2018

A Right to Reasonable Inferences: Re-thinking Data Protection Law in the Age of Big Data and AI

Sandra Wachter | Brent Mittelstadt

Numerous applications of ‘Big Data analytics’ drawing potentially troubling inferences about individuals and groups have emerged in recent years. Major internet platforms are behind many of the...
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  • Commercial Law
15 May 2018

Rethinking Explainable Machines: The Next Chapter in the GDPR's 'Right to Explanation' Debate

Roland Vogl | Ashkon Farhangi | Bryan Casey

Whether on private social networks or in public sector courtrooms, machine learning applications are witnessing unprecedented rates of adoption due to their ability to radically improve data-driven...

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18 Apr 2018

Law and Autonomous Systems Series: Biometric data-matching risks and the rise of self-sovereign identity

Alan Morrison

Reporters are in the habit of looking at emerging technologies in isolation when describing their benefits, and that’s certainly the case with biometrics, blockchains, smart contracts, artificial...

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13 Feb 2018

Blockchains and the GDPR

Michèle Finck

Blockchains and the GDPR The imminent entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coincides with pronounced hype surrounding blockchains as a new method of data storage and...

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29 Sep 2016

ECJ Decision VKI v Amazon

Charles Russell Speechlys

In Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Amazon EU Sarl (Case C-191/15), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has reaffirmed the position with regards to which member state’s data...

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