20 Dec, 2024 ICO gen AI consultation response: 5 things you need to know By Bryony Bacon The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its response to its data protection and genAI consultation. While there is...
13 Nov, 2024 AI in recruitment: ICO publishes recommendations By Clare Fletcher Rebecca Cousin The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published the outcomes from a number of consensual audits it conducted on the use of AI...
30 Oct, 2024 UK data reform presses ahead: Data (Use and Access) Bill introduced to UK Parliament By Rebecca Cousin Bryony Bacon Last week the Data (Use and Access) Bill (Data Bill) was published, being the most recent bill to be introduced to the UK Parliament to...
17 Oct, 2024 Are you ready for NIS2 – new EU cyber law applies from 18 October By Natalie Donovan New European cyber law NIS2 must be implemented at local member state level by 18 October. Do you know if you are in scope (and if you...
16 Oct, 2024 Revolutionising Regulation: The UK’s New Innovation Office Takes Centre Stage By Alexander Gulli Commitments to boost investment and innovation in the UK were central to the Labour party’s manifesto, as we wrote about in our previous...
13 Sep, 2024 Who’s who in the genAI supply chain: ICO publishes draft guidance on controllership By Cindy Knott In its fifth and final call for evidence on the topic of generative AI (genAI), the ICO has chosen to tackle a complex, but important,...
12 Sep, 2024 The EU Data Act - one year to go: what you need to know to prepare By Jonathan Slade Laura Houston Whether you want to explore different aftercare services for the IoT products you use, switch your cloud service provider, or agree...
15 Aug, 2024 Process this: ICO issues £6 million provisional fine against processor Advanced Computer Software By Alex Buchanan Following its initial finding that software provider Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced, now trading as OneAdvanced) failed...
05 Aug, 2024 European Commission finds X in breach of the DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan In another reminder that the Commission is actively enforcing the Digital Services Act (“DSA”), X (formerly Twitter) has been sent the...
24 Jul, 2024 How should privacy teams be managing AI? By Cindy Knott Bryony Bacon Not a week goes by without AI making the headline news, one of the latest items being the landmark EU AI Act entering into force on 1...
23 Jul, 2024 New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill announced in King’s Speech By Ralie Belcheva In the week that saw one of the world’s biggest IT outages, apparently caused by a cyber security firm no-less, a new Cyber Security and...
19 Jul, 2024 UK data reforms (including for Smart Data) are resurrected: what do we know so far? By Cindy Knott Bryony Bacon The UK government has set out the details of its proposed legislative program in the King’s Speech this week. This includes proposals for...
22 Jun, 2024 Are you ready for new data sharing rules? By Hilal Temel Boosting access to data, data sharing and the data economy has become an increasingly important policy objective for the UK government...
14 Jun, 2024 The generation game: New EU guidelines published on generative AI and data protection By Alex Buchanan Bryony Bacon On 3 June, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published guidelines on navigating the relationship between generative AI...
22 May, 2024 Cyber threats evolving as a result of new technologies, warns ICO By Ollie Cantrill Cyber attacks are happening more frequently and will become increasingly sophisticated thanks to new technologies– organisations need to...
20 May, 2024 Smarter regulation? Data privacy impact of the Government’s deregulation agenda By Rebecca Cousin On 16 May 2024, the UK Government released a White Paper on “Smarter Regulation: Delivering a regulatory environment for innovation,...