Data Protection And COVID-19 – What You Need To Know

The Coronavirus (COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has resulted in unprecedented challenges worldwide. Amongst these, businesses are finding it difficult to reconcile the need to share information quickly and effectively with their obligations under relevant data protection legislation.

ISOLAS LLP Partner, James Montado, and Associate, Michael Adamberry, who amongst a wide range of practice areas specialise in Privacy & Data Protection, and Banking & Regulatory Services, comment on some of the key considerations for businesses during these challenging times.  

A perfect storm 

As the rate of the spread of COVID-19 increases exponentially, Europe now finds itself at the epicentre of the pandemic. Governments are looking to ensure business continuity, whilst having to engage emergency lockdown protocols for their citizens. Last week, ISOLAS commented on how Majesty's Government of Gibraltar (HMGoG) had implemented a set of immediate economic measures to allow