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New Guidance Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cookie Consent: Unpacking the UK ICO’s Proposed New Approach to Online Advertising

- What is new: The ICO is proposing to relax its enforcement of cookie consent requirements, meaning user consent would not be required for lower-risk advertising cookies. - Why it matters: The proposals aim to address...more

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ICO issues guidance on the Data (Use and Access) Act

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On June 19 2025, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published guidance on the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA), which received Royal Assent on the same day. The DUAA introduces significant changes to the UK data...more

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Australia’s privacy regulator, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, publishes new guidance on privacy...

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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published AI guidance articulating how Australian privacy law applies to AI and the OAIC’s overall expectations on AI governance and privacy safeguards for...more

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ICO Publishes New Transparency Guidance for Health and Social Care Sector

Healthcare sector organisations are increasingly deploying new technologies that use large amounts of personal information to support both direct care and secondary purposes, such as planning and research. Although these...more

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UK Information Commissioner’s Office Publishes New Guidance on Data Subject Access Requests

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On May 24, 2023 (or as we like to call it, the eve of GDPR’s 5th birthday), the UK’s data protection body, the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO), published a new guide for employers on responding to data subject...more

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New ICO guidance on direct marketing using electronic mail and live calls

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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published new guidance on direct marketing using electronic mail and live calls, aimed at providing a more detailed overview of the rules on direct marketing as well as...more

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Privacy Report- California Exemptions for B2B and Employee Data Set To Expire

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California Exemptions for B2B and Employee Data Set To Expire - With August 31 marking the last day of the legislative session, the California legislature’s failure to extend business-to-business and employee data exemptions...more

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UK ICO Issues Guidance on COVID -19 Data Protection Considerations

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a statement confirming that data protection will not stop the need for businesses to share information quickly, or adapt the way they work to face the unprecedented...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: covert surveillance; holiday carry over; sexual orientation discrimination; interim relief

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Our December 2019 update outlines the key UK employment law developments over the last month. It includes cases on covert surveillance, sexual orientation discrimination when there is no identifiable victim, harassment under...more

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GDPR Privacy FAQs: What are the major differences between the Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on cookies and the CNIL’s...

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The Information Commissioner’s Office or the “ICO” is the British supervisory authority charged with enforcing GDPR. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des libertes (the “CNIL”) is the French supervisory authority....more

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France’s CNIL Publishes New Guidance on Cookies

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The guidance provides general requirements for obtaining valid consent and details conditions under which audience management cookies may be exempt. On 4 July 2019, one day after the UK Information Commissioner’s Office...more

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UK’s ICO Publishes New Guidance on Cookies

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The guidance clarifies the interplay between the PECR and GDPR and provides practical steps to achieving cookie compliance. The UK’s data protection supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO),...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UK Regulator Issues Guidance About Encryption Under GDPR

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office recently released helpful encryption guidance. Although released to address the GDPR security requirements, this document may be helpful more broadly because of the detail around...more

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