2/20/2025 12:32:18 PM DP regulators focus on AI innovation and collaboration By Alex Buchanan Bryony Bacon It has been a busy start to the year in the AI space, with data privacy regulators under increasing pressure to balance promoting...
2/6/2025 5:13:01 PM Consent or pay may be okay: new ICO guidance By Rebecca Cousin Rosie Wilson The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its consent or pay guidance. This largely reflects the ICO’s initial...
2/4/2025 7:01:25 PM DSARs: Implications of recent legal updates By Rebecca Cousin Hilal Temel The challenges of complying with the ever-increasing volume of data subject access requests (DSARs) was a topic for discussion at our...
1/30/2025 10:47:31 AM The benefit of PETs (and pseudonymisation): new UK and EU guidance By Bryony Bacon Tayla Byatt Eighteen months on from the UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards, calling for all organisations sharing large volumes of data to...
1/29/2025 9:22:12 AM UK Pro-Growth Agenda: ICO puts forward ideas By Rebecca Cousin The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its letter (ICO Letter) in response to the UK Government’s request of 24...
1/24/2025 11:42:08 AM Cookies: The heat is on…. By Rebecca Cousin Natasha Pappas The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is continuing to focus on cookies and other tracking technologies with the publication of...
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...