A recent post on the ICO’s AI Auditing Framework blog explores human bias and discrimination in AI systems, together with some of the technical and organisational measures which can be implemented to mitigate the legal risks associated with these issues. Read more
The UK’s data protection authority, the ICO, has announced twice in two days this week that it proposes to levy significant fines on organisations for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect in May 2018. First it announced that it intends to fine British Airways some £183 million for a data … Read more
The introduction of the GDPR on 25 May 2018 caused a widespread re-think about data protection and privacy rights. From individuals being more aware of their rights, to corporate institutions working hard to ensure compliance and avoid the hefty new penalties the regulations can impose, data protection has undoubtedly been at the forefront of people’s … Read more
Just one day after its notice of its intent to fine British Airways £183.39 million, the ICO has issued a further notice of intent to fine Marriott International £99.2 million for its own data breach; The systems of the Starwood hotel group were originally compromised in 2014, prior to the acquisition of Starwood by Marriott … Read more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU“) has heard oral submissions in the latest case questioning the legal validity of international data transfer mechanisms under the GDPR, such as Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-US Privacy Shield; The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (“DPC“) is seeking a ruling that would find the so-called Standard … Read more
The ICO has published a notice of its intent to fine British Airways £183.39 million for its 2018 data breach where the personal data of 500,000 customers was stolen by hackers; This is the first ‘mega fine’ issued by a European data regulator since the implementation of the GDPR; The ICO acted as lead supervisory … Read more
Following its recent admission that its own cookie consent mechanism was non-compliant (see previous blog post here), the UK privacy regulator (the ICO) updated its cookie notice last week (see our previous blog post here) and has now published guidance on cookies and similar technologies. Key messages are: No implied consent for non-essential cookies allowed, … Read more
Following on from the ICO’s recent admission around its cookie consent mechanism (for further details see our previous post here), the ICO website was down for a period of time at the end of last week. But now it is back and with a new and “improved” cookie consent mechanism (see here). Read more
