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Jan 7, 2025 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden
The multi-faceted Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill) represents the UK Labour government’s attempt to enable data-related innovation and efficiencies in the economy in the pursuit of growth and comes after two failed attempts at reforming UK data protection law post-Brexit by the last government.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) warned businesses that reluctance to share personal information to tackle scams and fraud can amount to a failure to protect their users from harm, and reassured that “data protection law does not prevent organisations from sharing personal information, if they do so in a responsible, fair and proportionate way”.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden |Sarah Cameron
Concerns about AI use punctuated the debate accompanying the second reading of the Data (Use and Access) Bill in the House of Lords on Tuesday. The Bill, introduced into the UK parliament last month, is multi-faceted.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden
The report (26-page PDF/9.1MB), published by the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), has outlined the importance and growth potential of the AI assurance market, which plays a crucial role in verifying that AI systems operate as intended, focusing on fairness, transparency, and privacy protection. Currently, around 524 firms in the UK AI sector employ over 12,000 people and generate more than £1bn.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden |Adam Cain |Alasdair Weir |Aleesha Way
Malcolm Dowden of Pinsent Masons was commenting after the European Commission confirmed that it plans to request public feedback on new SCCs under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sometime during the fourth quarter of 2024. The transfer of personal data across borders is common in the everyday operations of multinational businesses, but strict rules govern such transfers in many jurisdictions.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden |Stuart Davey
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has signalled its intention to fine a software provider more than £6 million in what would be the first example of it imposing a monetary penalty notice on a processor under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data protection law expert Malcolm Dowden of Pinsent Masons said the case highlights how the GDPR applies directly to processors, unlike was the case under its predecessor legislation.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | James Talbot |Malcolm Dowden
The Law Commission of England and Wales has been engaged in a long-term project in which it has explored the extent to which the law currently enables personal property rights to attach to digital assets – and the case for extending the law if it does not. The body previously established that digital assets like cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) do not always unequivocally fit within the two categories of personal property that currently exist in English law.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden
A new Digital Information and Smart Data (DISD) Bill was one of 40 legislative initiatives announced in the speech.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden
Malcolm Dowden of Pinsent Masons was commenting after Snap Inc (Snap) successfully persuaded the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to alter views it had provisionally adopted about its ‘My AI’ chatbot and issues pertaining to the company’s compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Malcolm Dowden
The online retailer had come to the authority’s attention after a customer complaint. The amount of the fine relates to the turnover of the business. Verkkokauppa.com had not specified the storage period of the data collected for the customer accounts of its online shop. Thus, Anu Talus, the Finnish data protection ombudsman, found that customer accounts data had been stored indefinitely, unless the customers requested their data to be deleted.
