UK, Data Management, Data Privacy

The UK’s New Amendments to the UK GDPR Become Law and Get a Nod from the EU. What happens now?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/26/2025

The UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act received Royal Assent last Thursday, June 19th, bringing into law some significant changes to the country’s post Brexit data protection framework, among an array of other, related rules (on...more

Data Governance: Strategic Convergence, Opportunities and Risks

A&O Shearman on 9/12/2024

AI is accelerating digital transformation for companies and data governance is a key pillar in this change, enabling data strategies that unlock the potential of AI, and mitigate the risks associated with its use. Data...more

ICO and AEPD take steps for protection of minors

A&O Shearman on 2/16/2024

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a campaign called ‘Think. Check. Share’ (the Campaign) on 29 January 2024, to promote responsible data sharing to safeguard children. The Campaign aims to provide...more

UK-U.S. Data Bridge Commencement Date Announced

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/25/2023

On September 21, 2023, the UK Government announced the establishment of the “UK-US data bridge” (the Bridge), also known as the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the DPF). The announcement promises to...more

UK data protection reform: How the UK GDPR may change - Amendments that the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill...

Hogan Lovells on 9/7/2022

On 18 July 2022, the UK government introduced the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to Parliament for its first reading. Following the UK leaving the European Union in 2020, the Bill sets out the proposed reforms...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert l January 2020

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/30/2020

States Consider Privacy and Data Security Legislation - It’s that time of year again, when we see a flood of legislative activity at the state level on privacy and data security laws. A couple of recent examples are below....more

Medical Research Council Advises on How to Anonymise Information for Research Purposes

Hogan Lovells on 10/16/2019

Anonymisation has always been (and still is) a real challenge for those carrying out clinical research. To shed some light on this matter, the Medical Research Council (MCR) – which is part of UK Research and Innovation – has...more

United Kingdom › Data Management › Data Privacy