Feb 14, 2023 Faces and breaches: ICO doubles down on tailored approach to UK data enforcement By Alex Buchanan In the first few weeks of 2023, the ICO has continued to espouse its commitment to exercising its full spectrum of enforcement powers....
Sep 16, 2022 Privacy-enhancing technologies: what are they and when do you use them? New ICO guidance helps explain By Jack Higgins On 7 September, the ICO published its draft guidance on the use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). The draft forms the latest...
Feb 12, 2021 Pay to play: Judge rules lawyers leading group action against British Airways cannot recover costs of advertising By Ross O'Mahony In group actions, publicity often pulls in more plaintiffs. TV advertising has long been used by claimant firms in the United States to...
Dec 14, 2020 Mass claims in the data sphere: what will 2021 bring? By Anna Broadley While there is plenty of uncertainty on the horizon, one thing we can expect in 2021 is some big developments in relation to collective...
Oct 05, 2020 Mass claims for data breaches: if Lloyd v Google doesn’t open the floodgates then perhaps the DCMS will? By Samantha Holland Giving proper effect to individuals’ data privacy rights is at the heart of the GDPR and Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018. It is therefore...
Oct 02, 2020 Fines for data privacy breaches - the ICO shows its hand (or, rather, its calculator) By Slaughter and May The ICO has published draft guidance around how it will flex its regulatory muscles when enforcing data privacy legislation in the UK....
Aug 03, 2020 ICO signals an extended runway for Heathrow's facial recognition plans By Slaughter and May On 23 July 2020, the ICO published the first two reports in connection with the beta phase of its regulatory sandbox, one of which...
Jun 04, 2019 Adtech – your data to the highest bidder? By Slaughter and May Most of us will be familiar with the experience of being followed around the internet by adverts for an item we’ve searched for, or...
May 22, 2019 Should the potential for misuse stop us from embracing new tech? By Emma Walton Facial recognition is back in the news this week as the South Wales police force defends its use of the technology after an office worker...