UK Data Protection & Digital Information Bill is (for now) no more
The Data Protection & Digital Information (No.2) Bill, the UK government’s attempt to make changes to the EU’s GDPR, was at report stage in the … Read more
2022 Queen’s speech includes plans to reform UK data protection laws
You may recall towards the end of 2021 that the UK government announced that it was looking to “overhaul” the UK’s data protection regime and … Read more
UK gets GDPR adequacy from the EU
On the 28th June, the EU Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the UK. The adequacy decision means the free flow of data from the … Read more
UPDATED: Some breathing space for GDPR in the Brexit trade agreement
Jan 4th 2021 UPDATE: It turns out that the UK-EU Trade Agreement and the delay to EU to UK restricted data flows (i.e. the decision … Read more
GDPR when the Brexit transition ends (in January 2021)
At the time of writing this article (22nd December 2020), we’re less than 2 weeks away from the end of the Brexit transition period and … Read more
£20m not £183m fine for BA after website security breach
You’ll recall back in July last year the ICO indicated it intended to fine British Airways £183m for a data breach it had suffered via … Read more
Reasons why the UK may not be granted a Brexit adequacy decision
As was discussed on a recent webinar, there’s some challenges ahead regarding GDPR and the end of the Brexit transition period – i.e. what happens … Read more
Overview and implications of the Age Appropriate Design Code (webinar)
On 2nd September I ran a free GDPR webinar looking at the ICO’s new Age Appropriate Design Code (or the Children’s Code as the ICO … Read more
Think again if you don’t believe data protection matters because the ICO will do nothing
I’ve heard a few times recently a general nonchalant approach to data protection compliance and a feeling that the ICO’s only after the “big boys”. … Read more