ICO public sector trial at an end
Claire Saunders
July 22, 2024
The ICO has confirmed the trial period in which the ICO explored using a range of regulatory tools (as well
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ICO publishes final version of enterprise data strategy
Claire Saunders
July 22, 2024
On 13 June 2024 the ICO issued its final enterprise data strategy. The strategy states that the ICO wants to
ICO reprimands Clyde Valley Housing Association
Alison Deighton
June 26, 2024
Earlier this year, the ICO issued a reprimand against Clyde Valley Housing Association (the Association) for failing to keep its
UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act becomes law
Claire Saunders
June 26, 2024
In late May 2024 the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the Act) was passed by Parliament. Similarly to
English High Court rules on data subjects’ right to know the identity of data recipients
Emma Harrison
June 26, 2024
On 7 June 2024, the High Court issued its judgment in the case of Harrison v Cameron & Another In
Parliamentarians’ letter to the ICO in relation to facial recognition technology
Claire Saunders
January 28, 2024
A cross-party group of nearly 30 parliamentarians have written to the ICO to voice their concerns about the expansion of
ICO response to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Claire Saunders
January 28, 2024
The ICO has responded to the updated Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the Bill), in particular, the Government’s late-stage
ICO seeks views on two new pieces of guidance for employers
Jenai Nissim
December 14, 2023
The ICO has published two new pieces of draft guidance for consultation. The guidance relates to: Keeping employment records –
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) guidance on pitfalls of performing a basic ‘lift and shift’ cloud migration
Claire Saunders
December 14, 2023
The NCSC has expanded its guidance on cloud computing with a section on how to “lift and shift” i.e. “replicating
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) sets out Online Advertising Taskforce plan
Claire Saunders
December 14, 2023
The DCMS has published its Online Advertising Task Force plan which sets out how the task force will work with
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill progressing through the House of Lords
Ian Pemberton
December 14, 2023
The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 19 December 2023. A number of issues were
ICO seeking to appeal Clearview decision
Alison Deighton
December 14, 2023
The ICO have, unsurprisingly, applied for permission to appeal the decision by the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) reported in
ICO guidance on Transfer Risk Assessments for transfers to the US
Claire Saunders
December 14, 2023
The ICO has amended its guidance on Transfer Risk Assessments to acknowledge that it is reasonable and proportionate to rely
International co-operation on AI
Alison Deighton
November 28, 2023
It has been reported in the press that 28 countries including the US, UK, China and the EU have signed
ICO issues guidance to retailers on processing personal data to tackle shoplifting
Ian Pemberton
November 28, 2023
The ICO has released guidance to retailers on processing personal data to tackle shoplifting. This guidance has been issued following
Question of the month – why did a UK court overturn the ICO enforcement notice issued against Clearview AI Inc. relating to use of facial recognition?
Alison Deighton
November 28, 2023
The First-tier Tribunal of the UK General Regulatory Chamber has overturned an enforcement notice and a £7.5 million fine which
ICO guidance on managing workers’ health data
Ian Pemberton
November 28, 2023
The ICO has issued guidance on managing workers’ health data in accordance with data protection law. The guidance is divided
ICO issues draft guidance on fining
Jenai Nissim
November 28, 2023
The ICO has issued draft guidance on fining for consultation. The guidance explains: the legal framework that gives the Information
New UK addendum for EU BCRs
Alison Deighton
October 28, 2023
The ICO will be launching its new approach to UK BCRs this month. The ICO will be issuing a new
ICO issues advisory notice for public authorities to protect personal data
Alison Deighton
October 28, 2023
The ICO has warned public authorities that they should not be sharing original source spreadsheets in response to Freedom of
Update on the Online Safety Bill
Jenai Nissim
October 28, 2023
The Online Safety Bill (the Bill) has now passed all parliamentary debates and is ready to become law. It is
ICO guidance on employee monitoring
Jane Toiger
October 28, 2023
After a period of consultation, and in response to rapidly changing work practices following the Covid pandemic, the ICO has
Question of the month – The UK/US data bridge (UK extension) is now in force. What does this mean for transfers from the UK to the US?
Jenai Nissim
October 28, 2023
The UK-US Data Bridge, which is an extension of the US/EU Data Privacy Framework (DPF) was announced on 21 September
‘Likely to be accessed’ guidance
Alison Deighton
August 28, 2023
Providers of Information Society Services (which according to the ICO include most for-profit online services), even if they run an
UK makes law enforcement processing adequacy decision in favour of Guernsey
Claire Saunders
August 28, 2023
The UK has determined as of 7 July 2023 that law enforcement authorities can send personal data to their counterparts
Question of the month – Help! We have used To/CC rather than BCC in an email and it has revealed sensitive personal data– what should we do now?
Claire Saunders
August 12, 2023
There have been a couple of recent reprimands issued by the ICO in situations where individuals’ email addresses were inadvertently
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill delayed until 2024?
Claire Saunders
July 28, 2023
It has been reported in the press this week that the government has “privately admitted” that the Data Protection and
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