Data Protection
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Earlier this month, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden announced that the UK and US had reached a commitment in principle to establish a ‘data bridge’...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already delivering far-reaching societal benefits, ranging from assisting in the early diagnosis of certain types of cancer to fighting disinformation published online. Whilst AI continues to...
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Supreme Court decides Morrisons is not vicariously liable for data breach deliberately carried out by a rogue employee. Employers will be relieved by the Supreme Court’s decision that employers should...
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Businesses processing personal data need to keep the protection of customer and employee data at the front of continuity planning as they tackle the coronavirus threat. The increased risk of...
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has wielded its powers and announced the intention to impose mega fines of £183.4 million and £99.2 million respectively on British Airways (BA) and Marriott...
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Norfolk is home to a higher than national average percentage of people who are over 65 and now has over 370 care homes in the county housing over 10,000 people....
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Some useful information regarding the new and upcoming Data Protection Law – GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Overview of the GDPR – Effective from 25 May 2018. Data Protection Principles...
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the regulator responsible for ensuring that organisations comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. The ICO routinely caries out data protection advisory visits within...
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The Court of Appeal has recently overturned an earlier High Court decision which had previously allowed a law firm to reject a Subject Access Request made against it on the...
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We all constantly create data, whether we realise it or not. Sometimes we’re very aware that our actions create data, such as when we log in to social media or...
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Christmas Day has been the biggest day of the year for online and app downloads in recent years, as users set up the new devices they’ve received as presents, and...
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On 18 August, the Information Commissioner’s Office served an enforcement notice on Google Inc. in the latest chapter of the ‘right to be forgotten’ saga. The ‘right to be forgotten’...
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