Jun 29, 2023 New guidance for employers on data subject access requests By Helena Davies The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance for employers on subject access requests (SARs). The ICO’s...
Jun 27, 2023 EDPB provides insights on GDPR fine calculations By Cindy Knott Bryony Bacon On 7 June 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published the final version of its Guidelines on the calculation of...
May 22, 2023 Irish DPC Meta (Facebook) data transfers decision: record €1.2 billion GDPR fine and fresh SCC uncertainty for business By Bryony Bacon Today, the Irish Data Protection Commission (Irish DPC) has made public its long-awaited decision on Meta’s EU-US data transfers for its...
Mar 09, 2023 UK privacy reform progresses - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill in Parliament (again) By Bryony Bacon The new draft of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, containing the Government’s data protection reform proposals,...
Nov 17, 2022 ICO publishes new set of international data transfers guidance By Bryony Bacon Today, the ICO has published a suite of new international transfers guidance, including its long awaited final guidance on ‘transfer risk...
Jul 21, 2022 Introducing the UK’s Data Protection and Digital Information Bill By Bryony Bacon “Through this Bill we will realise the opportunities of responsible data use whilst maintaining the UK’s high data protection standards.”...
Feb 07, 2022 Getting transfers done: ICO finalises the UK’s international transfers documents By Bryony Bacon Last week, the UK’s International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) was laid before Parliament, along with an addendum (the EU Addendum) to...
Dec 17, 2021 Privacy implications of new COVID-19 pass checks: UK Government and ICO issue important guidance By Lucie van Gils With the Omicron variant leading to rapid increases in COVID-19 infection rates, the Government has in the last few weeks published a...
Dec 16, 2021 Key data privacy developments in 2021 and what to expect in 2022 By Cindy Knott As another eventful year closes, data privacy developments have continued apace and there is more to expect to in 2022. In the UK for...
Dec 03, 2021 A tale of two fines…lessons from the ICO actions against the Cabinet Office and Clearview AI By Bryony Bacon Uh oh. That field was supposed to be deleted, not just hidden…. It is a very easy mistake to make particularly when a number of people...
Nov 12, 2021 Lloyd v Google LLC: Supreme Court judgment makes it personal By Cindy Knott Background: old facts, new claim? This case (and the now-settled Vidal-Hall claims) all derive from Google’s alleged historic use of the...
Sep 20, 2021 UK GDPR 2.0: DCMS launches public consultation on data protection reform By Bryony Bacon On 10 September, Oliver Dowden (then Digital Secretary) announced a public consultation on reforms to the UK’s data protection regime....
Jul 30, 2021 Time’s tikking for privacy notices aimed at children: TikTok fined in the Netherlands and the ICO’s Children’s Code nears the end of its grace period By Lucie van Gils Transparency is arguably one of the most important principles of the GDPR. Without it, data subjects are unaware of how their personal...
Jul 27, 2021 Small issue, big consequences; increased regulatory focus on the GDPR representative requirement By Lucie van Gils Those of us working in data privacy compliance have had a busy few years; we have been particularly occupied with the many 'big ticket'...
Jul 23, 2021 The consequences of paying with data By Cindy Knott Never has the use of data had a bigger impact in our lives as consumers. However, there is a growing concern that individuals are losing...
Jun 10, 2021 Get set, update! European Commission publishes finalised SCCs for data transfers By Cindy Knott On Friday 4 June 2021, the European Commission published the final version of its long awaited standard contractual clauses for...