HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DATA PRIVACY DAY: OUR PREDICTIONS FOR 2023

Happy International Data Privacy Day for Saturday! And what better reason than that to explore what 2023 is likely to have in store for data and privacy? We are just over one year on from the UK government hinting that it might think outside the box in terms of data protection regulation. Two years on … Read more

DATA PROTECTION AND DIGITAL INFORMATION BILL: OUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Following the UK Government’s publication of its response to the DCMS consultation on the Data Reform Bill last month (see our blog post on this here), the UK Government has published and introduced to Parliament a 192-page draft text which now has a new name: the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. The new bill … Read more

The UK’s International Data Transfer Agreement is laid before Parliament

Following the conclusion of the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) 2021 consultation on the UK’s draft international data transfer agreement and accompanying methodology, the Secretary of State laid before Parliament the final version of the transfer documents on 28 January 2022. Collectively, the following documents are intended to be used by organisations transferring personal data outside … Read more

ICO issues draft International Data Transfer Agreement and guidance on undertaking risk assessments for consultation on ensuring compliance for data transfers from the UK

The UK has taken its first big data protection step in a post-Brexit world with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) publishing its own version of an international data transfer agreement and accompanying methodology for conducting international risk assessments on 11 August 2021. The ICO has published the following documents, which all inter-relate with one another: … Read more