The U.K. Government has announced the creation of a new U.K-wide Health Data Research Service that will provide a secure single access point to national-scale data sets. The Wellcome Trust and the Government will invest up to...more
On 7 June 2024, in the case of Harrison v Cameron & Another, the High Court ruled that, in the context of a data subject access request under Article 15 UK GDPR, data subjects are entitled in principle to know the specific...more
As arguably the most technologically advanced sport in the world, where cutting-edge R&D is critical to achieving results on the track, it would be reasonable to assume that patents play a pivotal role in protecting...more
The EDPB launched a website auditing tool to help legal and technical auditors at data protection authorities check whether websites are compliant with the law on 29 January 2024. Controllers and processors can also use the...more
On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted the adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). This decision enables the free flow of personal data from the EU and three EEA countries (Iceland,...more
Within the past year, a number of countries around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and The Netherlands have initiated regulatory inquiries and developed new strategies for the purpose of more...more
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On 3 October 2022, the new Secretary of State of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), Michelle Donelan, announced plans to replace the EU GDPR with the UK’s own “business and consumer-friendly, British...more
In the past two weeks, there has been significant progress in relation to a number of pieces of proposed EU legislation relating to data protection, data governance, and digital markets....more
On 22 September 2021 the UK Government published its promised National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, coming on the back of a raft of related plans, strategies and roadmaps, such as 2020’s National Data Strategy, the...more
On 9 September 2021, the UK’s Digital Secretary, Oliver Dowden, announced a series of reforms to drive innovation and growth in the UK’s data sector. The Government clarifies that one of the key objectives of the reforms is...more
On 30 July 2021, the UK High Court handed down a helpful judgment clarifying the causes of action likely to be available (or otherwise) to claimants in cases where a data breach occurs through “external” attacks....more
The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) published a policy paper (on 6 July 2021) in connection with the UK Government’s Plan for Digital Regulation now that the UK has exited the EU. The paper, Digital...more
On 28 June 2021, just two days before the interim EU-UK data transfer “bridging mechanism” expired under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the European Commission (EC) adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK to...more
The UK has left the European Union (EU), the transition period is over, the UK and EU have agreed a new Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the TCA), so what now for data protection? We look at the key consequences of Brexit for...more
Following months of protracted negotiations and coming four and a half years after the UK voted to leave the EU, 24 December 2020 saw the EU and UK finally agree the shape of their future relationship. While the Trade and...more
The General Data Protection Regulation takes effect from 25 May 2018, and will require significant planning and preparation by UK pension schemes. Although many of the basic concepts set out in the GDPR will be familiar,...more