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UK GDPR Regulator Fines Data Processor After Ransomware Attack

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/1/2025

On 27 March 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a £3.07 million fine to an IT services provider following a ransomware attack in 2022 that affected the company’s health care business. The ransomware...more

Valid Consent: General Public vs. Gamblers

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/31/2025

A new decision by the United Kingdom’s high court says that even if you have cookie and marketing consent mechanisms that are sufficient for valid consent under privacy laws for the general public, they may not be enough for...more

Managing Litigation Risks of Artificial Intelligence

BCLP on 12/3/2024

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) use in business has proliferated in recent years; risks arising from this therefore must be managed. Whilst the use of AI can drive significant efficiency gains for most businesses, the...more

UK Government Introduces New Data (Use and Access) Bill

King & Spalding on 11/13/2024

On October 23, the UK Government’s House of Lords had its first reading of a new proposed data protection bill, the Data (Use and Access) Bill (“DUA Bill”), as sponsored by the Department of Science, Innovation, and...more

Privacy and AI in Israel and worldwide: a look to 2024

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 1/29/2024

During 2023, privacy protection and artificial intelligence regulation continued apace and their implications continued to be a major focus in Israel and around the world. In Israel, this was reflected in a number of...more

Data Privacy & Protection – Swimming into the Unknown

NAVEX on 1/29/2024

If you feel like every day you wake up to a new data privacy law or piece of guidance, you’re not dreaming. Regulation and rulemaking are happening faster than ever before. The complexities relating to ethical data usage are...more

Privacy Speaks: A clearer view?

BCLP on 1/19/2024

Clearview AI Inc's successful challenge to the ICO’s £7.5 million fine focused on the limits of the UK GDPR’s jurisdictional reach, succeeding on the grounds that Clearview’s processing activities were outside the scope of...more

Automated decision making is under scrutiny in the EU and how is it addressed in other jurisdictions

A&O Shearman on 1/15/2024

Alongside the recent CJEU judgment on automated decision making in Schufa (see the Allen & Overy blog ) there are a range of developments related to ADM in other jurisdictions. UK developments - The UK Parliament is...more

Final Call to Respond to ICO’s Consultation on Biometric Data

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/18/2023

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the personal data protection authority in the United Kingdom (UK), is running a public consultation on its draft guidance on biometric data which covers the requirements under the...more

Data transfers update: New data bridge available to facilitate UK-US data transfers from 12 October 2023 - despite “qualified”...

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 9/26/2023

Why should I read this? A new UK-US data bridge will be available to businesses in the UK looking to transfer personal data to organizations in the United States certified under the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy...more

Data bridge over the Atlantic

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/26/2023

On September 21, 2023, the UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology laid before Parliament regulations that will operate to significantly simplify the process for UK businesses to transfer personal data to...more

Data Privacy: What Nonprofits Need to Know in the United States, EU and UK, and China

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/6/2023

From long-standing laws to incoming legislation, global nonprofits must understand the requirements and prepare for scrutiny in their handling of personal data. U.S. privacy regulations are currently a complex framework of...more

Data Subject Access Requests from Employees: What UK Employers Need to Know About New ICO Guidance

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/15/2023

A challenging economic situation is prompting contentious staffing decisions. The rise of hybrid work has led employers to generate more information in more places about employees. Against this backdrop, more employees are...more

CJEU Sets High Bar for Responses to Data Subject Access Requests

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/5/2023

Organisations must provide individuals with information on the specific recipients of their data upon request. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that organisations must generally disclose the...more

UK Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill: What Is Changing?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/29/2023

The updated reform legislation provides welcome guidance and clarifications on aspects such as legitimate interests and accountability, without substantially shifting the approach proposed under the existing reform bill. ...more

The UK Moves to Reform the UK GDPR Aims to be Both Business Friendly and Adequate in the Eyes of the EU

Benesch on 3/22/2023

While the reform is a long way away from a certainty, it represents a departure of the UK from the EU’s strict adherence and adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation which came into effect in 2018. Earlier this...more

Tinker, Tailor, or Wholesale Reform? The UK’s Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill

Jenner & Block on 3/21/2023

On 8 March 2023 the UK Government released a new version of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the Bill), which is intended to make a series of changes to the UK’s data protection framework found in the UK...more

Looking Ahead to 2023

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 12/29/2022

As the new year is fast approaching, we're waiting with bated breath for Prince Harry's new book, the Rugby World Cup, Doctor Who's 60th anniversary and of course, the potential UK employment law developments that financial...more

UK GDPR Restrictions on Personal Data Transfers to South Korea are Lifted

WilmerHale on 12/8/2022

In November 2022, the UK Government announced that it had put in place UK GDPR ‘adequacy regulations’ in respect of South Korea (the Republic of Korea (“ROK”)). These new regulations will allow UK based organisations to...more

EU-U.S. and UK-U.S. Data Transfer Deals Advance with White House Executive Order

Proskauer on Privacy on 10/20/2022

A new legal mechanism to allow for transfers of personal data between the EU and the U.S. is now advancing after an October 7th, 2022 Executive Order was issued by U.S. President Biden (the “Executive Order”). The new...more

Deadlines for EU and UK Standard Contractual Clauses Approaching

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/14/2022

Companies transferring personal data out of the EU or UK are reminded of key deadlines approaching for the contracts that govern these transfers. When the European Commission adopted the new Standard Contractual Clauses...more

2022 Privacy Update

Gardner Law on 9/6/2022

If you have been following recent privacy news, you know that the pace of new state laws has not slowed from warp speed, even with the specter of a possible federal privacy law looming. ...more

UK’s Data Protection Reform Proposals Show Distinct Divergence from EU Rules

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/4/2022

The UK government has recently published proposals to amend UK data protection legislation with moves towards divergence from EU rules and regulation following the UK’s decision to leave the EU (“Brexit”). The Data Protection...more

UK Data Protection Reform: Examining the Road Ahead

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/13/2022

UK government sets out ambitious proposal for reforming the UK data protection landscape. On 17 June 2022, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published its response to its consultation “Data: a new...more

How the UK intends to reform data protection law

Hogan Lovells on 6/28/2022

On 17 June 2022, the UK government published its refined plans for reforming UK data protection law, following a detailed consultation exercise undertaken last year. The proposals form part of wider changes to the UK...more

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