The UK Government recommenced its efforts to reform the UK data protection regime by introducing the aptly named “Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (No.2)” (“Second Draft Bill”) to Parliament on 8 March 2023. The full text of the Second Draft Bill can be found here and an accompanying set of Explanatory Notes can be … Read more

Now that the deadlines have passed for implementing: EU Standard Contractual Clauses (“EU SCCs”) into all new and existing contractual arrangements involving restricted transfers of data under the EU GDPR; and the UK equivalent to the EU SCCs (the UK specific International Data Transfer Agreement (“IDTA“) or the EU SCCs in combination with the UK … Read more

The Privacy and Data Protection Journal has published an article by Duc Tran and Tariq Salameh, exploring the approach being taken by the UK government to the regulation of AI systems. With the overarching aim of facilitating innovation and growth, the UK government has proposed changes to the regulation of AI in the UK including: … Read more

President Biden recently issued an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (the Privacy EO) outlining steps that the US Government is taking to implement the US commitments under the European Union-US Data Privacy Framework (the Privacy Framework) that the US and the European Commission (EC) announced in March 2022 to … Read more

Alongside the introduction of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to Parliament on 18 July 2022 (see our blog post on this here), the UK Government published a Policy Paper containing a proposed framework for regulating the use of AI in the UK (the ‘Paper’). The Paper advocates for a light-touch approach towards the … Read more

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

Summary Following the European Commission’s (“EC”) announcement of the new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”) earlier this year, Lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems’ organisation, NOYB, recently issued an open letter to EU and US officials arguing that the proposed framework is unlikely to withstand legal challenge and overly resembles its predecessor, the now-defunct … Read more

Recent years have seen growing scrutiny of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services and a greater awareness of the potential of these technologies. It is no surprise that questions of AI fairness and bias are increasingly front of mind. Existing law is not keeping up with the rise and speed of new technology. With UK Finance, we have published a white paper, as a contribution to the debate on how to apply ethical principles in practice to the benefit of firms and customers. Our use of practical scenarios has helped refine our understanding of the fair use of AI and the practical challenges of building a high-level ethical framework. Read more