The post below was first published on our Data blog. As the preferred new Information Commissioner appeared before the DCMS Select Committee for pre-appointment scrutiny today, we consider some of the key elements of the UK’s ambitious package of post-Brexit global data plans (“UK Global Data Plans“). Read more

The post below was first published on our Data blog 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 … Read more

The post below was first published on our Data blog Background On 28 May 2021, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) published a call for views on the first draft chapter of its anonymisation, pseudonymisation and privacy enhancing technologies draft guidance). This first chapter is part of a series of chapters of guidance that the ICO … Read more

The post below was first published on our Data blog. Background On 18 May 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS“) released the government’s response (the “Response“) to the consultation on the National Data Strategy (the “Strategy“). The Strategy was released in September 2020 as an attempt to pave the way for … Read more