A “no deal Brexit” is looking likely for the 31st of October 2019. SaaS suppliers and SaaS customers need to take steps now to ensure that they comply with the requirement to appoint an EU Representative under the GDPR, where they will no longer have any establishment in the EU after Brexit.
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SaaS Agreements – FAQs – Data Processor
It is important for a SaaS supplier to understand the legal obligations imposed upon them as a data processor when negotiating a SaaS agreement and a data processing agreement (“DPA“) as the duties of a data processor are not the same as the duties of a data controller. In a
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It is essential for SaaS providers and SaaS customers to understand what consitutes personal data to ensure that they comply with their respective legal obligations when acting as data controllers and/or data processors. What is Personal Data? Articles 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR“) defines personal data as:
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Recently there have been a number of high profile cases involving the UK’s data protection authority (the “ICO”), imposing very large fines on Marriott and British Airways for serious data breaches. SaaS customers and SaaS suppliers should be reviewing the appropriateness of their technical and organisational measures to avoid the
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – Preparing for a No Deal Brexit
Currently a “no deal Brexit” is looking likely for the 31st of October 2019. It is therefore essential that SaaS suppliers and SaaS customers take steps now to ensure that they can continue to lawfully process and transfer personal data between the EU and the UK following a no deal Brexit.
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UK SaaS Agreements: In light of the various leaving scenarios of which a “no deal Brexit” is looking likely, it is highly advisable that SaaS suppliers and SaaS customers now take steps to ensure that they can continue to lawfully process and transfer personal data between the EU and the UK following Brexit.
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As a SaaS Supplier or SaaS customer you will be aware that the UK plans to leave the EU on the 29th of March 2019 – Brexit. In light of the various leaving scenarios currently being discussed of which a “no deal Brexit” is looking likely, it is essentail that SaaS suppliers and SaaS customers take steps now to ensure that they can continue to lawfully process and transfer personal data between the EU and the UK following Brexit.
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