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Sep 13, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ondrej Hajda |Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher
[co-author: Rebecca Keay]Sharing personal data is necessary for most organisations, but it also entails certain data protection risks. Controllers who share personal data with others must, among other obligations, ensure that they comply with the transparency principle in the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (collectively, the "GDPR") and requests from individuals to exercise their rights under the GDPR.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mark A. Prinsley |Oliver Yaros |Reece Randall |Ondrej Hajda |Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher | +1 more
Sharing personal data is necessary for most organisations, but it also entails certain data protection risks. Controllers who share personal data with others must, among other obligations, ensure that they comply with the transparency principle in the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (collectively, the "GDPR") and requests from individuals to exercise their rights under the GDPR.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ondrej Hajda |Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher
[co-author: Aleksander Larski]*The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (the "Act") received royal assent on 20 May 2024, two days before the general election was announced and the wash-up period began for the now-dissolved Parliament. The Act amends the existing road vehicle legislation by permitting "authorised automated vehicles" to travel on roads in Great Britain (the provisions of the Act do not extend to Northern Ireland) even when there is no natural person exercising control over the vehicle.
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May 31, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher |Mark A. Prinsley |Reece Randall
With the announcement of UK General Election for Thursday 4 July
2024, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill has not
completed the legislative process before the end of the current
parliamentary session and will therefore not become law.
The Bill would reform the UK's data protection regime
reducing some of the regulatory burden on UK businesses. Our Legal Update has more information about the
changes the Bill would introduce.
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May 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ondrej Hajda |Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher
With the announcement of UK General Election for Thursday 4 July 2024, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill has not completed the legislative process before the end of the current parliamentary session and will therefore not become law. The Bill would reform the UK’s data protection regime reducing some of the regulatory burden on UK businesses. Our Legal Update has more information about the changes the Bill would introduce.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ondrej Hajda |Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher
[co-author: Oli Jones]On 6 February 2024, the UK government to the artificial intelligence (AI) white paper consultation, which explains its approach to the regulation of AI (including generative AI) in the UK. The response confirms that the government's strategy is to promote innovation. Rather than implementing blanket legislation, the UK government will go ahead with adopting the non-statutory, contextual, cross-sectoral principles-based approach detailed in the white paper.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ondrej Hajda |Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher
When the UK Online Safety Act (the "Act") became law on 26 October 2023, it had established one of the most comprehensive online safety regulatory frameworks in the world. The Act's intention is to make the use of online services for individuals in the United Kingdom, especially children, safer. It introduces a long list of new duties on providers of online services.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mark A. Prinsley |Oliver Yaros |Reece Randall |Ondrej Hajda |Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher
When the UK Online Safety Act (the "Act") became law on 26 October 2023, it had established one of the most comprehensive online safety regulatory frameworks in the world. The Act's intention is to make the use of online services for individuals in the United Kingdom, especially children, safer. It introduces a long list of new duties on providers of online services.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Mark A. Prinsley |Alasdair Maher |Oliver Yaros |Reece Randall
On 23 January 2024, the UK Government announced a call for views
and requested feedback from businesses of all sizes across every
sector on its draft
Cyber Governance Code of Practice (the "Draft
Code"). Aimed at directors and other business
leaders, the Draft Code sets out critical cyber governance areas on
which organisations of all sizes should focus to better govern
cyber risk.
The deadline to respond to the call for views
is 11:59pm (UK) on Tuesday 19 March
2024.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ondrej Hajda |Ellen Hepworth |Alasdair Maher
[co-author: Oliver Jones]*On 23 January 2024, the UK Government announced a call for views and requested feedback from businesses of all sizes across every sector on its draft Cyber Governance Code of Practice (the "Draft Code"). Aimed at directors and other business leaders, the Draft Code sets out critical cyber governance areas on which organisations of all sizes should focus to better govern cyber risk. The deadline to respond to the call for views is 11:59pm (UK) on Tuesday 19 March 2024.
