Data Protection Bill published
Having announced last month it’s intentions for a new Data Protection Bill (as per the Queen’s speech back in June) the government have, this week … Read more
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UK government publishes paper on the case for EU data flows post Brexit
Whilst the UK is still part of the EU it can continue to benefit from EU transfers of data as set out in the 1995 … Read more
GDPR and fines
It seems the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is getting a little fed up with misinformation about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and so are publishing … Read more
Talk Talk fined for breach of data protection principle
The ICO has fined TalkTalk £100,000 for a breach of principle 7 of the Data Protection Act – the “security” principle. It found that a third … Read more
UK Government publishes its planned data protection reforms
It was in the Tory manifesto and the Queen’s Speech back in June, so it’s no surprise that we’re getting a Data Protection Bill. We … Read more
Money Supermarket fined £80k for email marketing breach
Price comparison website, Money Supermarket, has been fined £80,000 by the ICO for PECR breaches. They emailed millions of customers who had oped out of marketing … Read more
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee reports on Data Protection & Brexit
The House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee has published a report on data protection in the UK, post-Brexit. The report “Brexit: the EU Data Protection Package” came … Read more
ICO publishes international strategy
Last week the ICO published it’s international strategy for the next four years. The strategy sets out a number of global related data protection challenges: … Read more
ICO Subject Access Request guidance updated
The ICO has updated its subject access request code of practice not because the GDPR is coming, but because of the outcomes of a couple of … Read more
Royal Free & Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law
The ICO has published its ruling on the Royal Free NHS Trust sharing of patient data with Deep Mind (a Google owned AI company). The … Read more