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The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: Next Steps

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In our previous newsletter, we explained how the new UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”), which modifies the UK’s data and e-privacy regime, has a phased commencement such that most of the provisions require the...more

A&O Shearman

Does the Data (Use and Access) Act Deliver: E-privacy and ICO enforcement?

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In this short series of podcasts, senior knowledge lawyer, Emma Keeling, and A&O Shearman’s data consultant and former ICO Deputy Commissioner, Steve Wood, take a look at some of the key data protection and e-privacy aspects...more

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UK: ICO Launches Consultations on the New Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

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In response to the UK’s new Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUA Act) coming into force, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) has launched two public consultations. The consultations, which aim to shape final guidance on...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

UK ICO Commences Consultations on Cookies and Online Advertising

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has launched two consultations as part of the transition to the Data User and Access Act framework. These consultations will be of particular interest to organisations operating...more

Ius Laboris

Balancing Risk and Reality: Using AI at Work

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AI in the workplace can no longer be seen as a problem for tomorrow - it is firmly an issue for today. In this article, we explore how employers can balance the risks and realities of AI at work through good governance,...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: A Strategic Update to UK Data Privacy Regulations

On 19 June 2025, the UK Parliament enacted the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA), marking the most significant UK data protection reform since the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). Rather than overhauling...more

A&O Shearman

UK progresses implementation of new Data Act

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The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/904) have been made and published. The Regulations bring certain key provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) into force from 20...more

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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

EU Initiates Renewal of UK Adequacy Decision Following the UK's Adoption of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

EU Launches UK Adequacy Decision Renewal Process - On 22 July 2025, the European Commission announced that it had launched the process to renew the adequacy decision for the United Kingdom (UK) and confirmed that the UK’s...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Adequacy Holds Firm Under New Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

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The DUAA introduces several reforms to UK data protection law, but their implications are relatively limited in practice. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA) was enacted on 19 June 2025 and amends rather than...more

Goodwin

The Data Shift: UK Sets a New Course With 2025 Data (Use and Access) Act

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The Data (Use and Access) Bill passed both Houses of UK Parliament and received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, now becoming the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”). This is the final iteration of the Data Protection and...more

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Reform of the GDPR in the UK

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On 19 June 2025 the Data (Use and Access) Act (the "DUA Act") received Royal Assent and became law in the UK, having been passed by the UK Parliament on 11 June 2025. The DUA Act principally reforms the General Data...more

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The Data (Use and Access) Act

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On 19 June 2025 the Data (Use and Access) Act (the "DUA Act") received Royal Assent and became law in the UK, having been passed by the UK Parliament on 11 June 2025....more

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UK Introduces New Legislation Amending Privacy Laws

On June 19, 2025, the UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 was enacted, marking the culmination of a lengthy legislative process aimed at reshaping aspects of the country’s data protection regime. First proposed in 2021 as part...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 30

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK Data Use and Access Act Now in Force

On June 19, 2025, the UK Data Use and Access Bill (DUA Bill) finally received Royal Assent and passed into law as the Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUA Act). The DUA Act amends the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK...more

Hogan Lovells

Adapting your compliance programme to the UK Data (Use and Access) Act: What you need to know

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After a legislative reform that has seen four different Prime Ministers, three different Bills and many deliberations across both Houses of Parliament, the UK is now on course to introduce some changes to the data protection...more

Lighthouse

Current State of Data Protection Regulations in the US and EMEA

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Organizations must continuously review and refine their data governance strategies to keep pace with a regulatory environment that is shifting at an unprecedented rate. In response to mandates for stronger compliance...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Key Themes From the 2025 IAPP Global Privacy Summit

On April 23 and 24, 2025, regulators, industry leaders and data privacy leaders from across the globe convened in Washington, D.C. for the 2025 International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit....more

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End-to-end encryption: obstacle or pillar of national security?

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In the face of rising cybercrime, end-to-end encryption has become a point of tension between the protection of secrets, public security, and technological sovereignty. At stake: preserving encryption as a safeguard for...more

A&O Shearman

EPRS publishes paper on potential challenges to UK data adequacy decisions

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On March 7 2025, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) published a paper outlining the challenges to UK data adequacy and ongoing national legislative reforms that could affect the renewal of the two existing...more

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UK Online Safety Act - Spring 2025 Deadlines

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Illegal content safety duties came into full effect on 17 March 2025, shortly followed by children’s access assessment requirements. The UK Online Safety Act (OSA) establishes an extensive regulatory framework for...more

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Unlocking Neural Privacy: The Legal and Ethical Frontiers of Neural Data

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Over the last quarter century, the boundaries of privacy have shifted dramatically. Once considered private, vast amounts of personal information about individuals – names, addresses, medical records, spending habits – have...more

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Client Alert: New GDPR Investigations into the Use of Children’s Data

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The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has recently announced investigations into three companies in connection with the use of children’s personal information. In a statement on...more

A&O Shearman

ICO publishes third edition of its Annual Tech Horizons Report

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On February 20 2025, the Information Commissioner’s Officer (the ICO) published the third edition of the Tech Horizons Report (the Report). The Report identifies four new technologies expected to emerge over the next 2 to 7...more

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