In a remarkable decision, the UK ICO has issued British Airways ("BA") with a £20m fine, in connection with a data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers. This is a significant reduction from the £183m the ICO had...more
On 2 December 2019, the UK Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") together with The Alan Turing Institute published1 a three-part consultation (with draft guidance) on explaining decisions made with Artificial Intelligence...more
Organisations offering certain digital services in the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) should consider the impact of Brexit and their obligations under applicable cybersecurity law....more
10/23/2019
/ Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
Information Technology ,
Member State ,
Network Security ,
NIS Directive ,
Online Marketplace ,
Search Engines ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK ICO
The UK Information Commissioner's Office announced more than £280 million of fines last week, in connection with data protection breaches. It singled out the perceived failure of buyers to conduct proper data protection due...more
7/17/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Buyers ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fines ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Sellers ,
Successor Liability ,
UK ,
UK ICO
The UK Information Commissioner's Office has announced its intention to issue a £183 million fine to British Airways, in respect of a personal data breach under the GDPR. The announcement has wide-ranging consequences for...more
7/10/2019
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
British Airways ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fines ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Penalties ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
UK ICO
As businesses continue to digitise their assets and operations, the need to continually assess IT infrastructure and the technical measures in place to safeguard key information assets and data becomes ever more important....more
5/3/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Encryption ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Internal Data Controls ,
IT-Departments ,
NCSC ,
NIS Regulations ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Passwords ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Sanctions ,
Security Audits ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
Software ,
UK ,
UK ICO
On 29 March 2019, the UK will formally leave the EU unless an extension, or a negotiated solution, is agreed between the UK and the European Commission. There is currently no agreement regarding the UK's status from a data...more
1/31/2019
/ BCRs ,
Compliance ,
Consent ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Contracts ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Personal Data ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK ICO