UK to Align Itself with the GDPR Despite Brexit
“A new law will ensure that the United Kingdom retains its world-class regime protecting personal data”. This is today’s strong […]
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Gloucester City Council fined by ICO for leaving personal information vulnerable to attack
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Gloucester City Council £100,000 after a cyber attacker accessed council employees’ sensitive personal information. […]
After Terror Attacks, Britain Moves to Police the Web
The country is cracking down on the use of encryption for instant messaging, as well as on potentially extremist material […]
EU data regulation will govern the UK despite Brexit
Brexit or no Brexit, the UK will next year be subject to new European Union legislation governing data privacy. Source: EU […]
UK ICO Stresses Importance of Preparing for the GDPR and Addresses the ICO’s Role Post-Brexit
With just under one year to go before the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) becomes law across the European […]
BSI Group eyeing ethical data use
In May, BSI Group, the national standards body for the U.K., held its most recent workshop looking at the development […]
ICO: Open banking ‘a key way’ for banks to meet data portability duties under the GDPR
The adoption of open banking could help payment service providers (PSPs) meet their obligations under new EU data protection laws, […]
ICO publishes annual reports for 2016 and 2017
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has published reports detailing operational work undertaken by the ICO in 2016/17. Source: Annual operational reports 2016/17 | ICO
UK’s ICO to investigate use of data analytics for political purposes
Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner, has announced today that she has launched a formal investigation into the use of data […]
UK gave Google’s DeepMind access to patient data without legal basis
Google’s DeepMind AI wing was given access to the personal medical records of 1.6 million NHS patients on an “inappropriate […]
Who is Fact Checking the Fact Checkers?
With the proliferation of so-called “fake news”, companies are starting to rely on third party organizations to perform a “fact […]
UK plans real-time surveillance of internet users
The “live” surveillance of British web users’ internet communications has been proposed in a draft technical paper prepared by the […]