SaaS customers and suppliers entering into business to business (BTB) contracts are increasingly using arbitration clauses in their SaaS agreements to avoid going to court to resolve disputes. If you do not already have an arbitration clause in your SaaS agreement it is worth considering adding one for the following reasons.
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SaaS Agreements – Data Protection – Changes to BCRs
The Article 29 Working Party, which represents the European data protection authorities (DPAs), recently announced that data processors (i.e. SaaS suppliers) can now use binding corporate rules (BCRs) to transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Previously the use of BCRs was limited to data controllers (i.e. SaaS customers).
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has started to issue very high fines to a number of companies and individuals, not just for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA), but also for breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). Below is a summary of the recent fines and the reasons for them being imposed.
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