The UK government has invited firms to apply for funding to carry out studies and research into how the National Healthcare Service (“NHS”) can overcome data privacy challenges, including how to comply with the requirements...more
An application for judicial review was filed in the UK High Court on 28 August 2018, seeking to have the immigration exemption in the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”) removed on the grounds that it is incompatible...more
The English High Court has held that Part 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (the “IPA 2016”) is incompatible with EU law in the area of criminal justice. Dubbed the “snooper’s charter” by its critics, the IPA 2016 has...more
UK firms are taking on more staff to deal with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). A survey carried out last year by specialist recruitment consultancy firm Robert Half found that two thirds of UK...more
On September 13, 2017, the UK Data Protection Bill (the “Bill”) was introduced in the House of Lords. The UK government announced its intention to propose new legislation to update existing UK data protection law (namely the...more