ICO steps up its game on cookies
After years of not really pushing cookie compliance, it seems the ICO has really got the cookie chip between its teeth of late. As well … Read more
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What the Data (Use and Access) Bill could mean for you in 2025
The UK Government has introduced a Data (Use and Access) Bill (https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825) which includes some updates to UK GDPR. Whilst some media are touting this … Read more
Responsible use of AI in recruitment
When it comes to recruitment, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used for everything from scanning CVs to identify potential candidates to consider further, as … Read more
Data Protection Law under the Labour Government
After Rishi Sunak announced a general election back in May, the Data Protection & Digtial Information (No.2) Bill (the UK government at the time’s attempt … Read more
The ICO have issued guidance on the use of biometric data
The ICO has issued guidance explaining how data protection applies to the use of biometric data, which is considered a special category data when used … 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
ICO publishes new guidance on special category data
The ICO have published new guidance on the the processing of special category data. Special category data is data considered to be more sensitive and … Read more
Patient confidentiality -v- data protection, highlight of ICO’s review of Royal Free/Google compliance
The ICO has published information on its review of the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust and the Trust’s use of the Google DeepMind AI project … Read more
ICO publishes annual report (18/19) highlighting “unprecedented” year
The ICO has published its Annual Report for 2018/19Â which it says highlights what they refer to as an unprecedented year, which includes (for the 12 … Read more