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October 9, 2020

The UK’s Department for Education ‘failed to protect children’s data’

A National Pupil Database held by the UK’s Department of Education had ‘no formal proactive oversight’ to protect children’s data, […]

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October 9, 2020

Cambridge Analytica models were exaggerated and ineffective, ICO claims

The UK’s data regulator has ended its investigation into the infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal, declaring that the models and techniques […]

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October 8, 2020

CJEU ruling puts in danger EU-UK adequacy talks

This week, the CJEU issued a ruling that could spring a leak and potentially sink adequacy negotiations between the U.K. […]

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October 2, 2020

EU takes legal action against UK over planned Brexit bill

If bill becomes law, UK has power to disregard part of withdrawal treaty dealing with Northern Ireland trade. The European […]

October 1, 2020

UK intelligence data ‘would be deleted’ in event of no-deal Brexit

British intelligence about terrorists and other serious criminals would have to be deleted from EU systems if the Brexit trade […]

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September 28, 2020

Dominic Cummings’ data law shake-up a danger to trade

A radical “pro-tech” plan championed by Dominic Cummings to rewrite Britain’s data protection laws is endangering future cooperation with the […]

September 24, 2020

EU Commission fears UK data protection regime ‘may change in the future’

The European Commission has concerns that certain aspects of the UK’s data protection regime may change in the future and […]

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September 16, 2020

Human error reveals personal data of 18,000 Welsh Covid-19 sufferers

Public Health Wales yesterday announced a data breach involving the personally identifiable data of 18,105 people resident in Wales who […]

September 16, 2020

YouTube faces legal battle over British children’s privacy

Google, YouTube’s parent company, is facing a landmark claim over the use of children’s data in the UK. A claim […]

September 8, 2020

Wheely ride-hailing app writes to UK privacy watchdog over Moscow data demands

The ride-hailing app Wheely has written to the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after claiming it is being pressured into […]

September 4, 2020

ECHR dismisses Privacy International case on UK state hacking

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) dismissed the claim Privacy International and coalition of internet and communications service providers […]

September 1, 2020

ICO publishes 2020 Annual Track survey results

UK’s data protection authority – Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – has published 2020 Annual Track survey – a survey of […]

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