Data Use and Access Act 2025 – Key Changes Now in Force
Important changes to UK data protection law came into force on 5th February 2026 under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. The good news … Read more
Children’s data
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
ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code issued
On the 12th of August, the ICO issued their Age Appropriate Design Code after it was laid before Parliament for approval. The Code comes into force … Read more
Why determining if photos are personal data is not straightforward
This week the ICO published a new blog post, aimed at schools, looking at a couple of reprimands it had served on a couple of … Read more
What a DPO in the education sector can learn from the latest children and privacy report
When the GDPR came into force it introduced specific controls relating to children: If you rely on consent as the lawful basis for processing personal … Read more