UK

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October 28, 2022

ICO Fines Easylife £1.48 Million For Data Protection Violations

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced a fine in a case that involved inferring health data and using this for marketing.

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October 21, 2022

Neighbour wins privacy row over smart doorbell and cameras

The Amazon devices were found to invade privacy and break data laws in a landmark UK case.

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October 19, 2022

UK ICO Publishes Draft Employee Monitoring Guidance for Consultation

UK’s privacy watchdog launched a public consultation on its draft guidance on employers’ obligations when monitoring at work

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October 10, 2022

Prince Harry Sues UK Media Group Over Privacy Breach

6 public figures suing the publisher of the Daily Mail over alleged unlawful information-gathering at its titles.

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October 10, 2022

U.S. Department of Justice Announces U.S. – UK CLOUD Act Agreement

Agreement between the U.S. Government and the UK Government on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime entered force

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October 4, 2022

UK pauses data reform bill to rethink how to replace GDPR

The UK government has paused a data reform bill while ministers take a fresh look at how to replace the EU GDPR.

September 27, 2022

TikTok could face £27m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy

Investigation finds video-sharing app may have breached UK data protection law between 2018 and 2020.

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September 14, 2022

G-7 Privacy Regulators Aim To Ease Turbulent International Data Flows

The goal of the meetings is to gradually align the regulators’ approaches to privacy and better understand domestic rules in each jurisdiction.

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September 8, 2022

Scotland set to be world first for biometric data Code of Practice

Scotland will become the first country in the world to have a statutory Code of Practice on the use of biometric data for policing and criminal justice.

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September 6, 2022

ICO commenced criminal proceedings over theft of road traffic accident data

ICO has commenced criminal proceedings against eight individuals over the unlawful obtaining of people’s personal information from vehicle repair garages.