Nov 13, 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...
Nov 11, 2024 Who’s responsible for what? EDPB’s opinion on the responsibilities of controllers and processors By Rebecca Cousin Rosie Wilson The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted an Opinion on the split of controller and processor responsibilities and the...
Oct 30, 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...
Sep 26, 2024 The ICO’s cookie focus is extending to ad tech: 5 things you need to know By Bryony Bacon The ICO has confirmed a continuation and extension of its work to tackle cookie compliance. In a statement issued last week, the...
Sep 13, 2024 Who’s who in the genAI supply chain: ICO publishes draft guidance on controllership By Cindy Knott In its fifth and final call for evidence on the topic of generative AI (genAI), the ICO has chosen to tackle a complex, but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,...
Aug 15, 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...
Jul 24, 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...
Jul 19, 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...
Jun 27, 2024 Insights from the ICO’s Snap decision on genAI enforcement By Bryony Bacon Last month, the ICO announced that it would not take enforcement action against Snap for its ChatGPT powered “MyAI” chat-bot - despite...
Jun 22, 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...
Jun 14, 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...
May 20, 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,...
May 18, 2024 ICO looks at individuals’ rights in GenAI By Cindy Knott The fourth chapter of the ICO’s s series consulting on GenAI focusses on individuals’ rights and how to engineer these into GenAI models....
May 08, 2024 ICO and Ofcom set out collaboration on supervision of online services By Rebecca Cousin The ICO and Ofcom have published a joint statement on how they will collaborate to implement the vision they set out in their 2022...
May 07, 2024 Am I hallucinating? ICO consults on accuracy in GenAI By Rebecca Cousin The ICO has published the latest chapter in its series consulting on GenAI, this one focussing on accuracy. As we know, accuracy is a key...
Apr 23, 2024 ICO’s Serco enforcement for biometric data use – what employers need to know By Helena Davies The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced that Serco Leisure and associated organisations have been issued with...