12/20/2024 1:38:41 PM 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...
11/13/2024 9:25:44 AM 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...
11/11/2024 8:38:21 AM 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...
10/30/2024 3:01:06 PM 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...
9/26/2024 7:27:47 PM 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...
9/13/2024 3:15:17 PM Who’s who in the genAI supply chain: ICO publishes draft guidance on controllership By Cindy Knott In its fifth and final call for evidence on the topic of generative AI (genAI), the ICO has chosen to tackle a complex, but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,...
8/15/2024 8:31:42 AM 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...
7/24/2024 12:38:54 PM 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...
7/19/2024 9:56:50 AM 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...
6/27/2024 11:33:59 AM 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...
6/22/2024 8:42:38 AM 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...
6/14/2024 12:58:19 PM 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...
5/20/2024 11:37:30 AM 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,...
5/18/2024 5:30:49 PM 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....
5/8/2024 10:47:36 AM 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...
5/7/2024 8:21:56 AM 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...