The UK government is proposing to amend its data privacy regime to make it easier for employers to comply with its requirements. The main points that would impact employers (if implemented) are that ...

Implementation will be phased. If not reading further, the main takeaway is that it will be important to pay attention to further developments as most of the changes do not come into force until there ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the EU's landmark law for data security and privacy, and is mandatory for any organization that processes the data of individuals within the EU. While ...

In March 2023, the UK government re-introduced its controversial Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill to Parliament. The purpose of the legislation is to establish a UK version of the ...

Turns out the UK government, under current prime minister Rishi Sunak, is not replacing the GDPR, as Michelle Donelan, his secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, implied last ...

Subject Access Requests (SAR) are a core component of GDPR and require that an organization must provide individuals with information held on them when asked to do so. The UK’s data protection ...

In May, Meta was fined a record-breaking €1.2bn ($1.3bn) for mishandling citizen data when transferring it between Europe and the United States. The penalty was issued by Ireland’s Data Protection ...

Ever since the new European regulation on the protection of personal data (GDPR) was voted in, businesses have started their countdown to the transition that will take place in May 2018. They now have ...

MoD, Home Office, Virgin Media among reprimanded UK organisations In a posting on its website, the ICO stated that the seven organisations were identified following a series of complaints in relation ...

Vanta outlines crucial GDPR compliance steps for startups, emphasizing ethical data management, legal requirements, and ...