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Data privacy and protecting children online finding a path through the complexities

The event included speakers from assurance providers Yoti, and VerifyMy, digital platform providers such as Google, TikTok, the BBC and Epic Games, age-appropriate design platform K-ID, data protection regulators from the UK...more

High Court rules on standard of consent required for profiling and direct marketing

On January 23, 2025, Mrs Justice Collins Rice of the UK High Court issued a ruling in the case of RTM v Bonne Terre Limited and Hestview Limited (trading as Sky Betting and Gaming, (SBG)). The claim - The judgment...more

Government announces new AI Opportunities Action Plan

On January 13 2025, the UK Prime Minister announced the AI Opportunities Action Plan (Action Plan) and associated UK Government response. Prepared by Matt Clifford CBE, the Action Plan is a series of 50 recommendations on...more

ICO publish outcome report on AI consultation series

On December 12 2024 the ICO published an outcomes report on its 2024 generative AI consultation series (the Report). The Report addresses five key areas regarding generative AI and its relation to data protection: -...more

UK ICO makes recommendations on AI in recruitment

On 6 November 2024, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a report on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruitment (the Report) following a series of consensual audits with developers and providers...more

UK AI policy developments and where next

As the EU presses ahead with its implementation of the AI Act, the UK continues to develop its evolutionary approach to AI policy and regulation. As the new Labour Government starts to implement its perspective and ahead of a...more

European Data Protection Board adopts report on Data Protection Officers

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a report on the challenges faced by Data Protection Officers (DPOs) (the Report) on 16 January 2024. This Report follows a coordinated investigation involving 25 EEA...more

UK lays regulations before Parliament to establish the UK-US data bridge

The UK-US data bridge is the UK Government’s preferred terminology to describe its decision to permit the flow of personal data from the UK to the US, achieved through the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The...more

EU General Court annuls EDPS decision and examines when personal data can be considered anonymised

On 26 April 2023, in case T-557/20 (Single Resolution Board v EDPS), the Court of Justice of the European Union in its General Court configuration (the Court) annulled the decision of the European Data Protection Supervisor...more

EU EDPB publishes 2022 activity report

The EDPB published its 2022 activity report “Streamlining Enforcement Through Cooperation” (the Activity Report) on 17 April 2023, which provides an overview of the work it carried out in 2022. The report reflects on, amongst...more

The UK’s approach to AI-principles to “turbocharge growth”

As generative AI products hit the headlines and organisations look to make the most of AI across all aspects of business, regulators continue to try and keep pace with the technology....more

EDPBs October plenary harmonisation of GDPR enforcement, a new Data Protection Seal and updated guidance

On 12 October 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced the outcomes of its plenary meeting held on 10 October 2022....more

UK continues on the road to an AI regulation

On 18 July 2022, the UK Government published an interim paper “Establishing a pro-innovation approach to regulating AI”, outlining proposals for AI regulation in the UK (the AI Paper). In the UK’s National AI Strategy (see...more

UK – DCMS publishes an updated Digital Strategy

On 13 June 2022, the UK’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published its 2022 Digital Strategy (the Strategy)....more

A new data space in health data: Proposals to aid access, improve healthcare and encourage innovation

On 3 May 2022, the European Commission (the Commission) launched the latest in a long line of data related initiatives intended to support a genuine single market for digital and data within the EU. ...more

The EU Data Act - what could this mean for you?

On 23 February 2022, Margrethe Vestager (European Commission’s Executive Vice President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age) unveiled proposals for the EU’s latest legislative development, the EU Data Act. Originally...more

AEPD approves code of conduct for clinical trial data processing

On 25 February 2022, the Spanish data protection authority (the AEPD) published its code of conduct (the CoC), regarding the processing of personal data in the context of clinical trials and pharmacovigilance....more

EU unveils first draft of the Data Act

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission unveiled proposals for the EU’s latest legislative development, the EU Data Act....more

International Data Transfer Agreement and the addendum to EC Standard Contractual Clauses expected in force 21 March 2022

On 2 February 2022, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) laid before Parliament the international data transfer agreement (IDTA), the international data transfer addendum to the European Commission’s...more

Data: A new direction?

As the UK looks to find a new and post-Brexit direction, the UK Government is setting its agenda for developments in regulation, particularly when it comes to technology, data and innovation. We have seen the recent...more

Data Protection Post-Brexit - What to expect and how to prepare

The UK has left the European Union (EU), the transition period is over, the UK and EU have agreed a new Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the TCA), so what now for data protection? We look at the key consequences of Brexit for...more

Morrisons is not vicariously liable for data breach…but the Supreme Court does not rule out the possibility in future cases

On 1 April 2020, the UK Supreme Court unanimously overturned a 2018 Court of Appeal ruling that had found WM Morrisons Supermarkets PLC (Morrisons) vicariously liable for its employee’s misuse of private information, breach...more

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